Donald Burrows (musicologist)

Donald James Burrows (born 28 December 1945, in London) is a musicologist and a leading scholar of the music of George Frideric Handel. Until his retirement, he was Professor of Music at the Open University.

He read History and Music at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (BA 1968; PGCE 1969; MA 1971). He completed his PhD at the Open University in 1981. He is vice-president of the Händel-Gesellschaft, and chairman of the Handel Institute.

Awards

 * 2000 Handel Prize

Works

 * "Reading the Metre", Musicology and sister disciplines, International Musicological Society. Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-19-816734-1