What is Alejandro Planchart?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} [[File:Alejandro planchart ams2002 cuthbert.jpg|thumb|200px|Planchart in 2002]] '''Alejandro Enrique Planchart''' (July 29, 1935 – April 28, 2019) was a [[Venezuela]]n-[[Americans|American]] [[musicologist]], [[conductor (music)|conductor]] and [[composer]]. He was thought to be one of the leading experts on the music of [[Guillaume Du Fay]]. He was also an expert on music of the [[Middle Ages]] and early [[Renaissance music|Renaissance]]. He taught at [[Yale University]] and the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]. He was born in [[Caracas]]. Planchart died on April 28, 2019 in [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]], [[California]]. He was 83.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://slippedisc.com/2019/04/death-of-venzuelas-foremost-musicologist-83/|title=Death of Venzuela's foremost musicologist, 83|work=Slipped Disc|date=April 29, 2019|access-date=May 1, 2019|first=Norman|last=Lebrecht}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Planchart, Alejandro}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American composers]] [[Category:American conductors]] [[Category:Harvard University alumni]] [[Category:Musicologists]] [[Category:People from Caracas]] [[Category:Yale University alumni]] {{Bio-stub}}