Colin Timms

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Colin Ronald Timms is a musicologist and retired academic. He was Peyton and Barber Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham from 1992 until 2012, when he retired. After graduating from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts degree, he completed Master of Music and Doctor of Philosophy degrees at King's College London, the latter in 1977 for his thesis on the chamber duets of Agostino Steffani. He was a lecturer at Queen's University Belfast from 1970 to 1972, and the University of Birmingham from 1973. In 2004, the British Academy awarded him the Derek Allen Prize for Musicology. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Professor Colin Timms", University of Birmingham. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "The chamber duets of Agostino Steffani (1654-1728), with transcriptions and catalogue", Senate House Library Catalogue. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Derek Allen Prize", British Academy. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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