Gombosi Dies at 52, Was Music Authority

Professor Otto J. Gombosi, professor of Music, died of a heart attack at his home yesterday. Professor Gombosi, who had been with Harvard since 1952, was one of the foremost authorities in medieval and Renaissance music.

Born in Hungary, he came to the United States in 1939. He taught at the University of Washington and the University of Chicago before coming here. Professor Gombosi had written books on music from ancient Greece to modern times.