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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture As I have not seen this forwarded, I do so here--someone whose work and whose example in scholarship has been so valuable to me. Ann Robertson writes: > > I write with a heavy heart to tell you that Michel Huglo died in > Maryland on Sunday, May 13. He was a Corresponding Member of the AMS; > Adjunct Research Professor at the University of Maryland, Emeritus > Directeur de recherche at the CNRS in Paris, Honorary Member of the > International Musicological Society, Fellow of the Medieval Academy of > America; and Doctor honoris causa of the University of Chicago. > > Others will recount Michelıs stunning accomplishments as a scholar of > early music in the coming weeks and months. For now, I will simply say > that he was the most generous, and yet thoroughly humble, person Iıve > ever knowna role model for us all. He trained several generations of > his own students in Paris and elsewhere and served as an unstinting > mentor to scores of foreign tyros, myself included, who came to > research in libraries in France. I shall miss himde profundis. > > Now we reach out to Michelıs wife, our cherished colleague Barbara > Haggh-Huglo, at this time of incalculable loss for her. She was > Michelıs perfect mate, collaborator, and, most of all, la bien aimèe. > Barbara tells me that Michel and she had just attended a chant concert > in his honor at the University of Maryland, along with Laura Youens, > Richard Wexler, and students from the University of Maryland, when he > was suddenly stricken with what was most likely a massive stroke. She > continues, ³Michel had a very full life. Just this year he heard the > Vienna Philharmonic live, we were able to spend Holy Week in the Holy > Land, and he heard the fine concerts in the Clarice Smith Performing > Arts Center for the Argento Festival and Mahler 2, and we discovered > Brookside gardens.² > > We can take comfort knowing that Michel left us while in the company > of the people he loved, doing what he loved. > > Sadly yours, > > Anne Robertson > The University of Chicago > [log in to unmask] > > > > > ____________ > > AMS-L Mailing list > Info: www.ams-net.org/ams-l/ > Edit your subscription options: https://listserv.unl.edu LEAH Leah Rutchick [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html