Alejandro Planchart

American musicologist

Alejandro Enrique Planchart (July 29, 1935 – April 28, 2019) was a Venezuelan-American musicologist, conductor and composer. He was thought to be one of the leading experts on the music of Guillaume Du Fay. He was also an expert on music of the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. He taught at Yale University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was born in Caracas.

Planchart in 2002

Planchart died on April 28, 2019 in Santa Barbara, California. He was 83.[1]

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  1. Lebrecht, Norman (April 29, 2019). "Death of Venzuela's foremost musicologist, 83". Slipped Disc. Retrieved May 1, 2019.