2022 anniversary dates associated with Music at the University of Edinburgh
Listed here are a number of anniversary years ending in 2 and 7, which are closely associated with the history of Music at the University of Edinburgh and the Reid Concerts.
I have listed here 14 significant events, by no means a comprehensive list but I thought it was an interesting selection that was worthy of mention.
From 1839 to 2012, ten men served as [Reid] Professors of Music and four of them feature in this anniversary list.
2021/22 is also the 300th anniversary of the birth of General John Reid.
2022 Anniversaries
1. 180th Second Annual College [Reid] Concert and the first presented by Professor of Music, Henry Rowley Bishop (1842).
2. 155th First of two Annual Reid Concerts featuring August Manns and the Crystal Palace Orchestra (1867).
3. 130th First Annual Reid Concert presented by Professor of Music, Frederick Niecks (1892).
4. 130th Introduction by Professor Frederick Niecks of lecture recitals during the academic year (1892).
5. 105th First concert by the Reid Orchestra, established by conductor and Reid Professor of Music, Donald Francis Tovey (1917).
6. 100th Members of the Reid Orchestra (1917-1922) printed in the concert programme (18 February 1922).
7. 100th Iannis Xenakis born 1922, awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Music in 1989.
8. 85th Leon Coates born 1937 (composer, performer, conductor & lecturer in the Faculty of Music).
9. 70th Adolf Busch died 1952 (solo violinist with the Reid Orchestra and friend of Donald Francis Tovey, awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Music in 1934)
10. 45th Ahrend Organ built by Jurgen Ahrend in the Reid Concert Hall (1977).
11. 40th Opening of the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments inthe Reid Concert Hall (21 October 1982
12. 35th Michael Tilmouth died 1987, first Tovey Professor at the Faculty of Music appointed 1971.
13. 35th Hans Gal died 1987, (composer, performer, conductor & member of the Faculty of Music).
14. 10th Tenth Reid Professor of Music, Nigel Osborne, retired (2012).
Due to Covid-19 restrictions the Reid Concerts have been suspended since March 2020.
It is hoped to present the 2022 Annual Reid Concert in March.
Further information about many of the individuals and works mentioned here can be found on the Reid Concerts Database.
- Reid Professors at the University of Edinburgh
- Music at the University of Edinburgh: a short history