Thurston Dart

Thurston Dart
Dart (1961)
Born(1921-09-03)3 September 1921
Died6 March 1971(1971-03-06) (aged 49)
Occupation(s)Musicologist, Professor

Robert Thurston Dart (3 September 1921 – 6 March 1971) was an English musicologist, conductor and keyboard player. Along with Nigel Fortune, Oliver Neighbour and Stanley Sadie, he was one of Britain's leading musicologists of the post-World War II generation. From 1964 until his death he was King Edward Professor of Music at the University of London, based at King's College London.