Donald William Krummel

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Donald William Krummel
Born(1929-07-12)July 12, 1929
Sioux City, Iowa
DiedJune 25, 2026(2026-06-25) (aged 96)
OccupationsMusic bibliographer, professor

Donald William Krummel (July 12, 1929–June 25, 2026) was a music bibliographer, professor, and librarian. Essays in Honor of Donald W. Krummel was published in 1996.[1] In 2012 he was honored by the Society for American Music with the Lifetime Achievement Award.[2]

Education and career

Krummel received the B.Mus. (1951), M.Mus. (1953), M.A.L.S. (Masters in Liberal Studies, 1954), and Ph.D. (1958) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.[3]

He was a Teaching Fellow (1952–1954) and Instructor in Music Literature (1954–1956) at the University of Michigan.

He was Reference Librarian for the Music Division at the Library of Congress from 1956 to 1961.

He was Head of the Reference Department (1962–1964) and Associate Librarian from 1964 to 1969 at the Newberry Library in Chicago.[4]

Krummel was professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1970–1997) in the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences. He held National Endowment for the Humanities project awards in 1976, 1979, and 1983.[5]

In 1988, he was the Englehard Lecturer at the Library of Congress, Center for the Book. [6]

Krummel served as a faculty member at the Rare Book School at Columbia University, which then moved to the University of Virginia (1990–2008).

From 1997, Krummel was professor emeritus at the University of Illinois.[7]

Personal life

Donald Krummel married Marilyn Frederick (1931–2025) on June 15, 1956. They had two children, Karen and Matthew, and three grandchildren.[8] Donald died on June 25, 2026.

Selected honors and awards

Selected publications

  • Krummel, Donald W, and James B Coover. “Current National Bibliographies: Their Music Coverage.” Notes (Music Library Association) 17, no. 3 (1960): 375–88.
  • Krummel, Donald W. “Observations on Library Acquisitions of Music.” Notes (Music Library Association) 23, no. 1 (1966): 5–16.
  • Krummel, Donald William, and Bibliographical Society (Great Britain). 1971. Oblong Format in Early Music Books. London: Bibliographical Society.
  • Krummel, Donald William. “Guide for Dating Early Music: A Synopsis.” Fontes Artis Musicae 18, no. 1/2 (1971): 40–59.
  • Krummel, Donald William, and International Association of Music Libraries Commission for Bibliographical Research. 1974. Guide for Dating Early Published Music: A Manual of Bibliographical Practices. Hackensack, N.J.: J. Boonin.[17][18]
  • Krummel, Donald William, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress). 1975. English Music Printing, 1553-1700. London: Bibliographical Society.[19]
  • Krummel, D. W. (December 1976). "Musical Functions and Bibliographical Forms". The Library. 5th series. 31 (4): 327–350. doi:10.1093/library/s5-XXXI.4.327.
  • Newberry Library; Donald William Krummel (1977). Bibliographical Inventory to the Early Music in the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois. Boston: G.K. Hall. ISBN 081610042X.
  • Krummel, Donald William. 1981. Resources of American Music History: A Directory of Source Materials from Colonial Times to World War II. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.[20][21]
  • Krummel, Donald William. 1984. Bibliographies: Their Aims and Methods. London: Mansell Publishing Limited.
  • Krummel, Donald William. 1987. Bibliographical Handbook of American Music. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
  • Krummel, Donald William (December 1987). "Citing the Score: Descriptive Bibliography and Printed Music". The Library. 6. 9 (4): 329–346. doi:10.1093/library/s6-9.4.329.
  • Krummel, D. W. (1988). The Memory of Sound: Observations on the History of Music on Paper. Center for the Book Viewpoint Series, no. 20. Washington, DC: Library of Congress. Presented at the Library of Congress, Center for the Book.[22]
  • Krummel, Donald William, and Stanley Sadie. 1990. Music Printing and Publishing. 1st American ed. New York: W.W. Norton.
  • Krummel, Donald William. 1987. Bibliographical Handbook of American Music. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
  • Krummel, D. W. (1989). "Guides to National Bibliographies: A Review Essay". Libraries & Culture. 24 (2): 217–230. ISSN 0894-8631. JSTOR 25542141.
  • Krummel, Donald William. 1992. The Literature of Music Bibliography : An Account of the Writings on the History of Music Printing & Publishing. Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press.[23]
  • Krummel, Donald William. 1999. Fiat lux, fiat latebra: a celebration of historical library functions. Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois. Occasional Paper 209. Champaign, Ill.: Publications Office, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Krummel, Donald William, Stinehour Press, and Grolier Club. 2000. The Petrucci Centenary. Gazette of the Grolier Club. New Series. [New York]: Grolier Club.
  • Boorman, Stanley; Selfridge-Field, Eleanor; Krummel, Donald W. (2001). "Printing and publishing of music". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
  • Krummel, D. W. “Notes: A Sixtieth Birthday Retrospective.” Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association (Music Library Association) 61, no. 1 (2004): 9–23.
  • Krummel, Donald W. (Summer 2005). "Early American Imprint Bibliography and Its Stories: An Introductory Course in Bibliographical Civics". Libraries & Culture. 40 (3): 239–50. JSTOR 25541929.

References

  1. Jones, Peter Ward. "Music Publishing and Collecting: Essays in Honor of Donald W. Krummel." Notes 52, no. 3 (1996): 794+
  2. Society for American Music (April 4, 2012). "ANNOUNCEMENT: Society for American Music, annual awards". Google Groups. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Krummel, Donald William. 1958. “Philadelphia Music Engraving and Publishing, 1800-1820: A Study in Bibliography and Cultural History.” Dissertation. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
  4. Hunter, David, ed. Music Publishing & Collecting : Essays in Honor of Donald W. Krummel. [Urbana, Ill.]: Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  5. Krummel, Donald W. (1929-) | University of Illinois Archives
  6. Krummel, Donald William and Library of Congress Center for the Book. 1988. The Memory of Sound: Observations on the History of Music on Paper. Washington: Library of Congress.
  7. Krummel, Donald W. (1929-) | University of Illinois Archives
  8. "Marilyn Krummel Obituary". Legacy.com. 2025-04-05. Archived from the original on 2025-08-06.
  9. The Bibliographical Society of America (December 2017). "Minutes of the Annual Meeting, Friday, 27 January 2017, The Grolier Club, New York, NY". Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 111 (4): 549–556.
  10. Lerner, Neil (Spring 2012). "Reports from the 2012 Annual Meeting in Charlotte" (PDF). Bulletin of the Society for American Music. XXXVIII (2): 49–55.
  11. Krummel honored for lifetime achievement in American music. School of Information Sciences. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. May 2, 2012.
  12. "Awards". American Printing History Association. American Printing History Association. Retrieved 2026-06-28. 2004, D.W. Krummel
  13. "ALA Presents the 1999 Beta Phi Mu Award to D. W. Krummel" (PDF). Music Library Association. Music Library Association. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
  14. "Irving Lowens Book Award". Society for American Music. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  15. "Donald Krummel Presented with GK Hall Award at ALA". Newsletter. Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 1987. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
  16. "Vincent H. Duckles Award". Music Library Association. Music Library Association. Retrieved 2026-06-28. The Vincent H. Duckles Award is the Music Library Association's annual prize for the best book-length bibliography or reference work in music.
  17. Lenneberg, Hans (1976). "Review of Guide for Dating Early Published Music: A Manual of Bibliographical Practices". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 29 (1): 138.
  18. Davison, Peter (1977). "Music Bibliography". The Library (Review of Guide for Dating Early Published Music: A Manual of Bibliographical Practices by Donald William Krummel and the International Association of Music Libraries, Commission for Bibliographical Research). 5th ser. 32 (1): 75.
  19. "Review of English Music Printing, 1553–1700". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 32 (1): 155. 1979.
  20. Hamm, Charles (Summer 1985). "Review of Resources of American Music History: A Directory of Source Materials from Colonial Times to World War II". American Music. 3 (2): 232–235.
  21. Hommel, Claudia (1983). "Review of Resources of American Music History: A Directory of Source Materials from Colonial Times to World War II". Ethnomusicology. doi:10.2307/850890.
  22. Vander Meulen, David (1989). "Review of The Memory of Sound: Observations on the History of Music on Paper, by D. W. Krummel". The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 83 (1): 118–119.
  23. Wagstaff, John (May 1994). "Review of The Literature of Music Bibliography: An Account of the Writings on the History of Music Printing & Publishing". Music & Letters. 75 (2): 255–256.