Tovey Professor of Music
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The Tovey Professorship of Music was established as a named chair at the University of Edinburgh by an ordinance (no. 550) approved by the University Court in 1965 and by the Privy Council the following year.[1] The first person appointed to the chair was Michael Tilmouth, in 1971. He died in 1987.[2][3] The next appointment was Simon Frith, OBE, who held the chair from 2006 until retiring in 2017.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "List of ordinances founding Established Chairs" (University of Edinburgh). Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Prof Michael Tilmouth", The Times (London), 17 November 1987, p. 16.
- ^ David Scott, "Tilmouth, Michael", Grove Music Online (Oxford University Press). Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ "Professor Simon Frith", University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
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