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

  1. ↑ "List of ordinances founding Established Chairs" (University of Edinburgh). Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Prof Michael Tilmouth", The Times (London), 17 November 1987, p. 16.
  3. ↑ David Scott, "Tilmouth, Michael", Grove Music Online (Oxford University Press). Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Professor Simon Frith", University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
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