Margot Elsbeth Fassler

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Margot Elsbeth Fassler is an American music and Christianity historian, currently the Keough-Hesburgh Professor Professor of Music History and Liturgy at University of Notre Dame. [1] [2]

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Education

She completed her PhD at Cornell University. [3]

Career

She is currently the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Music History and Liturgy, University of Notre Dame. [4]

Awards and honours

She is a member of the North American Academy of Liturgy, a former President of the Medieval Academy of America, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an Honorary Member of the American Musicological Society. [5]

Bibliography

Her notable books include: [6] [7]

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References

  1. "Margot Fassler". nd.edu. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  2. "Margot Fassler". nd.edu. Retrieved April 9, 2017.