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The Professor of Music at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it created seven professorships; this was later increased to ten. Music is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575.[1]
The Professor of Music is appointed in partnership with the City of London Corporation.
List of Gresham Professors of Music
Note, years given as, say, 1596 / 7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.
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Name | Started | |
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1 | John Bull | March 1596 / 7 |
2 | Thomas Clayton | 20 December 1607 |
3 | John Taverner | 17 November 1610 |
4 | Richard Knight | 28 August 1638 |
5 | William Petty | 7 February 1650 / 1 |
6 | Thomas Baynes[2] | 8 March 1660 / 1 |
7 | William Perry | 9 August 1681 |
8 | John Newey | 9 October 1696 |
9 | Robert Shippen | 4 December 1705 |
10 | Edward Shippen | 7 October 1710 |
11 | John Gordon | 16 January 1723 / 4 |
12 | Thomas Brome[3] | 12 March 1739 / 40 |
13 | Charles Gardner | 6 December 1745 |
14 | Thomas Griffin | 11 January 1763 |
15 | Theodore Aylward Sr. | 5 June 1771 |
16 | R. J. S. Stevens | 17 March 1801 |
17 | Edward Taylor | 24 October 1837 |
18 | Henry Wylde | 10 July 1863 |
19 | Frederick Bridge | 30 April 1890 |
20 | Henry Walford Davies | 11 July 1924 |
1939–45 Lectures in abeyance | ||
21 | Peter Latham | 29 May 1946 |
22 | Antony Hopkins | 1963 |
23 | Brian Trowell | 1971 |
24 | Iannis Xenakis | 1975 |
– vacant – | 1978-79 | |
25 | A Percival | 1980 |
– vacant – | 1983 | |
26 | John Dankworth | 1984 |
27 | Peter Renshaw | 1986 |
28 | David Owen Norris[4] | 1 September 1993 |
29 | Stephen Pratt / Joanna MacGregor[5][6] | 1 September 1997 |
30 | Piers Hellawell[7] | 1 September 2000 |
31 | Adrian Thomas[8] | 1 September 2003 |
32 | Roger Parker FBA[9] | 1 September 2006 |
33 | Christopher Hogwood CBE[10] | 1 September 2010 |
34 | Christopher Page FBA[11][12] | 1 September 2014 |
35 | Tom Service[13] | 2018 |
36 | Marina Frolova-Walker[14] | 2019 |
37 | Milton Mermikides[15] | 2023 |
References
- ^ "How We Recruit Speakers | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Baines, Thomas (BNS638T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Brome, Thomas (BRM732T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Professor David Owen Norris | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Professor Stephen Pratt | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Professor Joanna McGregor | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Piers Hellawell | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Professor Adrian Thomas | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Professor Roger Parker FBA | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Announcement on Christopher Hogwood's website". Archived from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ^ "Professor Christopher Page FBA | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ Announcement on the University of Cambridge, Faculty of English website
- ^ "Professor Tom Service | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Professor Marina Frolova-Walker | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Professor Milton Mermikides | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
Sources
- List of professors, Gresham College old website, Internet Archive, 2004.
Further reading
- Ward, John (1740). The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College. New York & London: Johnson Reprint Corporation.