# Donald William Krummel > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Donald_William_Krummel > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Donald_William_Krummel.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_William_Krummel > Source revision: 1342376846 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Donald William Krummel** (born July 12, 1929) is a music bibliographer, professor, and librarian. *Essays in Honor of Donald W. Krummel* was published in 1996.[1] ## 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](/source/University_of_Michigan,_Ann_Arbor).[2] 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](/source/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](/source/Newberry_Library) in [Chicago](/source/Chicago).[3] Krummel was professor at the [University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign](/source/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign) (1970–1997) in the [University of Illinois School of Information Sciences](/source/University_of_Illinois_School_of_Information_Sciences). He held [National Endowment for the Humanities](/source/National_Endowment_for_the_Humanities) project awards in 1976, 1979, and 1983.[4] In 1988, he was the Englehard Lecturer at the Library of Congress, [Center for the Book](/source/Center_for_the_Book) [5] Krummel served as a faculty member at the [Rare Book School](/source/Rare_Book_School) at [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University), which then moved to the [University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia) (1990–2008). As of 1997, Krummel is professor emeritus at the University of Illinois.[6] ## Personal life Donald Krummel married Marilyn Frederick (1931–2025) on June 15, 1956. They had two children, Karen and [Matthew](/source/Matthew_Krummel), and three grandchildren.[7] ## Honors and awards - 2017. [Bibliographical Society of America](/source/Bibliographical_Society_of_America) Honorary Member. - 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the [Society for American Music](/source/Society_for_American_Music)[8] - 2004.[American Printing History Association](/source/American_Printing_History_Association) Laureate Award - 1999. [Beta Phi Mu Award](/source/Beta_Phi_Mu_Award) - 1991. University of Illinois University Scholar - 1989. [Sonneck Society](/source/Sonneck_Society) (Society of American Music), Lowens Award - 1987. [American Library Association](/source/American_Library_Association) G.K. Hall Award - 1983. [Music Library Association](/source/Music_Library_Association), Duckles Award - 1976-1977.[Guggenheim Fellow](/source/List_of_Guggenheim_Fellowships_awarded_in_1976) - 1974-1975. University College (London) Honorary Research Fellow - 1969-1970.Newberry Library Traveling Research Fellow - 1969. Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies Scholar in Residence - 1965. Henry E. Huntington Library. Grant-in-Aid ## 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. - Krummel, Donald William, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress). 1975. *English Music Printing, 1553-1700.* London: Bibliographical Society. - Krummel, Donald William. 1976. *Musical Functions and Bibliographical Forms.* Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Newberry Library and Donald William Krummel. 1977. *Bibliographical Inventory to the Early Music in the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois.* Boston: G.K. Hall. - 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. - 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. 1987. *Citing the Score: Descriptive Bibliography and Printed Music.* London: Oxford University Press. - 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, 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. - Krummel, Donald William. 1999. [Fiat lux, fiat latebra: a celebration of historical library functions.](https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/4041) 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](/source/Grolier_Club). 2000. *The Petrucci Centenary.* Gazette of the Grolier Club. New Series. [New York]: Grolier Club. - 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. “Early American Imprint Bibliography and Its Stories: An Introductory Course in Bibliographical Civics.” *Libraries & Culture* 40, no. 3 (2005): 239–50. ## References 1. Jones, Peter Ward. "Music Publishing and Collecting: Essays in Honor of Donald W. Krummel." *Notes* 52, no. 3 (1996): 794+ 1. 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](/source/University_of_Michigan,_Ann_Arbor). 1. 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. 1. [Krummel, Donald W. (1929-) | University of Illinois Archives](https://archon.library.illinois.edu/archives/index.php?p=creators/creator&id=3113) 1. 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. 1. [Krummel, Donald W. (1929-) | University of Illinois Archives](https://archon.library.illinois.edu/archives/index.php?p=creators/creator&id=3113) 1. ["Marilyn Krummel Obituary"](https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/news-gazette/name/marilyn-krummel-obituary?id=58069728). *Legacy.com*. 2025-04-05. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250806150107/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/news-gazette/name/marilyn-krummel-obituary?id=58069728) 2025-08-06 at the Wayback Machine. 1. [Krummel honored for lifetime achievement in American music.](https://ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/news/2012/05/krummel-honored-lifetime-achievement-american-music) School of Information Sciences. 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