Thomas Binkley

American lutenist and medieval/Renaissance musicologist. Born 1932, died April 28, 1995. Binkley is best known for founding the Studio der Frühen Musik (Early Music Quartet) in Munich, Germany, an extremely influential group in the performance of medieval music. From 1973 to 1977, Binkley taught and performed at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland. He founded the Early Music Institute at Indiana University in 1979 and acted as director until January, 1995.