West Riding Professor of Music explained

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]

Notes and References

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. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-153847 "Denny, James Runciman"
4. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-17358 "Goehr, Prof. Alexander"
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. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-33440 "Rushton, Prof. Julian Gordon"