Alfred Mann, musicologist and historian of the Baroque, dies.

Alfred Mann, a musicologist and teacher, died September 26, 2006. He was 89.

Mann, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is perhaps best remembered for his translations of and commentary on the works of the Austrian composer and musical theorist J. J. Fux (1660-1741), whose pedagogical writings, along with those of C. P. E. Bach, opened windows into the world of 18th-century performance practice and influenced the development of the present early-music movement.

Mann held professorships at Rutgers University and the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. He was also editor of American Choral Review. His special academic interest was how past eras thought about music theory and how, for example, fugue was taught in the 18th century. As a teacher he championed Handel's music, much of it relatively unknown in the mid-20th century.