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Gresham Professor of Music

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Milton Mermikides
Milton Mermikides, appointed Gresham Professor of Music in 2023

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

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Note, years given as, say, 1596 / 7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.

Former Gresham Professor of Music, Christopher Hogwood, leads a rehearsal ahead of his lecture on Schubert, January 2013
Name Started
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

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  1. ^ "How We Recruit Speakers | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Baines, Thomas (BNS638T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ "Brome, Thomas (BRM732T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ "Professor David Owen Norris | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Professor Stephen Pratt | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Professor Joanna McGregor | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Piers Hellawell | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Professor Adrian Thomas | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Professor Roger Parker FBA | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Announcement on Christopher Hogwood's website". Archived from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  11. ^ "Professor Christopher Page FBA | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  12. ^ Announcement on the University of Cambridge, Faculty of English website
  13. ^ "Professor Tom Service | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Professor Marina Frolova-Walker | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Professor Milton Mermikides | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

Sources

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Further reading

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  • Ward, John (1740). The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College. New York & London: Johnson Reprint Corporation.