Thomas Forrest Kelly is Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music, Emeritus at Harvard University, where he taught until his retirement; he previously taught at Oberlin College, the Five Colleges, and Wellesley College. His published work includes several volumes for general audiences and more specialized studies on aspects of medieval music. He was the founding director of the Castle Hill Festival and served as President of Early Music America, for whose magazine he has written a quarterly column for twenty years. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of North Carolina and is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Medieval Academy of America. He is also a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres of the French Republic, and an honorary citizen of the city of Benevento.