Tovey Professor of Music

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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