The West Riding Professorship of Music was established as a named chair at the University of Leeds in 1949 and paid for, initially, by £5,000 annually from the West Riding County Council.[1] The first appointee was J. R. Denny, who took up the chair in 1950.[2]
List of West Riding Professors of Music
- 1950–1971: James Runciman Denny, MBE.[3]
- 1971–1976: Alexander Goehr.[4]
- 1977–1981: Ian Manson Kemp.[5][6]
- 1982–2002: Julian Gordon Rushton.[7]
References
- ↑ A. N. Shimmin, The University of Leeds: The First Half-Century (University of Cambridge Press, 1954), p. 65.
- ↑ "University News", The Times (London), 22 December 1949, p. 2.
- ↑ "Denny, James Runciman", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ "Goehr, Prof. Alexander", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ "University news", The Times, 14 September 1976, p. 16.
- ↑ David Cairns, "Ian Kemp obituary", The Guardian, 19 October 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ "Rushton, Prof. Julian Gordon", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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