Iain Fenlon


Iain Alexander Fenlon is a British musicologist who specializes in music from 1450-1650; particularly Renaissance and early Baroque music from Italy.
Fenlon was born to Albert Fenlon and Joan Fenlon.

Academic career

He has contributed articles to several music publications and is the author of the books Music and Culture in Late Renaissance Italy, The Ceremonial City: History, Memory and Myth in Renaissance Venice. and Piazza San Marco. His writings often explore the relationship between the evolution and development of music and changes within society.
He is currently a fellow and Emeritus Professor of Historical Musicology at King's College of the University of Cambridge, England and serves as the editor of the journal Early Music History. Fenlon is also Honorary Keeper of the Music at the Fitzwilliam Museum.