John Whenham
John Whenham is an English musicologist and academic who specializes in early Italian baroque music. He earned both a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Arts from the University of Nottingham, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford. He is a leading expert on the life and works of Claudio Monteverdi, and is the author of the books Duet and Dialogue in the Age of Monteverdi ''Monteverdi, 'Orfeo' , Monteverdi, Vespers , and The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi. For five years he was co-editor of the journal Music & Letters''. He was head of the music department at the University of Birmingham from 2001 to 2011.