Peter URQUHART is a musicologist and conductor, whose research centers on problems of pitch, counterpoint and structure in 15th-16th c. music. Non-notated accidentals have long been the primary topic, along with other performance practice issues. His articles have appeared in TVNM, Journal of Musicology, Early Music, JAF, MGG, and the New Grove. His editorial work has appeared in the New Josquin Edition, and in performances by the Tallis Scholars, Orlando Consort, Theatre of Voices and Capella Alamire. He is the founder and director of Capella Alamire, an ensemble that has released eight CDs from 1988 to 2018. A long-awaited book on “musica ficta” has been accepted for publication by Peeters, to appear in 2021.
