Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940
b. Eton, Buckinghamshire, 17 July 1875; d. Edinburgh, 10 July 1940
Seventh Professor of the Theory of Music at the University of Edinburgh. He was knighted in 1935.
Papers, documents, letters, scores, books that belonged to or were associated with Professor Tovey are held in the University of Edinburgh archives in the Centre for Research Collections
- Papers of Sir Donald Francis Tovey (University of Edinburgh)
- The Music of Archives - Donald Francis Tovey (University of Edinburgh archives)
- Edinburgh University Library, Gallery of Benefactors
- Donald Francis Tovey (Wikipedia)
Edinburgh International Festival Concert Programme Friday 21 August 1998.
“A Tribute to Sir Donald Tovey (1875-1940),” BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (cond.)
Prog: Balliol Dances for piano duet, Piano Concerto in A, Cello Concerto. Recorded for BBC Radio 3.
Portrait below: Professor Donald Francis Tovey, Professor 1914-40.
Unfinished portrait by P.A. de Laszlo painted in four hours in 1913.
This portrait used to hang in the Tovey Memorial Rooms at 18 Buccleuch Place.