
Thomas Kelly is an historical musicologist whose interests embrace the role of music within Christian liturgy, chant, and medieval performance practice. He has written extensively on the history of medieval as well as modern music. Among his many publications are The Beneventan Chant (Cambridge University Press, 1989), First Nights at the Opera (Yale University Press, 2004), The Practice of Medieval Music: Studies in Chant and Performance (Ashgate, 2010), and Capturing Music: The Story of Notation (W.W. Norton, 2014). Professor Kelly is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres of the French Republic, and a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America.-facutly profile

First Nights
2000
ISBN 9780300091052
Music then and now
2012
ISBN 9780393929881
The Beneventan chant
1989
ISBN 9780521343107
Plainsong in the age of polyphony
1992
ISBN 9780521401609
Les témoins manuscrits du chant bénéventan
1992
ISBN 9782852741478
The exultet in Southern Italy
1996
ISBN 9780195095272
First nights : five musical premieres
2000
ISBN 9780300077742
First Nights at the Opera
2004
ISBN 9780300115260
The Ordinal of Montecassino and Benevento
2008
ISBN 9783727815546
The century of Bach and Mozart
2008
ISBN 9780964031739
Chant and its origins
2009
ISBN 9781351572361
Oral and written transmission in chant
2009
ISBN 9780754626268
The practice of medieval music
2010
ISBN 9781409405276
Ambrosiana at Harvard
2010
ISBN 9780981885803
Early music
2011
ISBN 9780199730766
Capturing Music
2014
ISBN 9780393247640
Capturing music : the story of notation
2015
ISBN 9780393064964
Sources of Beneventan Chant
2019
ISBN 9781138375802
The Role of the Scroll
2019
ISBN 9780393285048
Melisma
2025
ISBN 9780197763483
Early Music: A Very Short Introduction