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West Riding Professor of Music

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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

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References

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  1. ^ A. N. Shimmin, The University of Leeds: The First Half-Century (University of Cambridge Press, 1954), p. 65.
  2. ^ "University News", The Times (London), 22 December 1949, p. 2.
  3. ^ "Denny, James Runciman", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Goehr, Prof. Alexander", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  5. ^ "University news", The Times, 14 September 1976, p. 16.
  6. ^ David Cairns, "Ian Kemp obituary", The Guardian, 19 October 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Rushton, Prof. Julian Gordon", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 31 December 2018.