Sven Hostrup Hansell (23 October 1934 – 6 March 2014) was an Americanmusicologist and Professor Emeritus of Musicology at theUniversity of Iowa. He was a specialist in the music and performance practices of the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as a harpsichordist and composer.^[1][2]

Hansell was born inNew York City and grew up inPhiladelphia. He received his bachelor's degree from theUniversity of Pennsylvania in 1956 and a Master's Degree fromHarvard University in 1958. He then studied composition withNadia Boulanger in France as well as undertaking further studies at the University of Copenhagen, the Musikhochschule in Berlin, and Indiana University. He received his PhD from theUniversity of Illinois in 1966 with a dissertation on thecantatas,motets, andantiphons ofJohann Adolf Hasse.

Hansell taught music history and harpsichord atUniversity of California, Davis before joining the faculty of the University of Iowa in 1973. He retired from the University of Iowa in 1999 as Professor Emeritus of Musicology. In the course of his career, he contributed over sixty articles to theNew Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, including the article on Hasse.^[1][2][3]

At the time of his death Hansell was married to the German musicologistMarie-Agnes Dittrich [de]. He was formerly married to the musicologist and organistKathleen Kuzmick Hansell.^[4]

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• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign School of Music alumni
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