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The Oxford University Music Society (OUMS) [1] is one of the oldest societies in the University of Oxford, England, tracing its origins back to 1872. The Society was formed in 1916 by the merger of the Oxford University Musical Club , founded in 1872, and the Oxford University Musical Union , founded in 1884.
The society was originally founded in 1898 as the Oxford Ladies' Musical Society (OLMS). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first concert was with all-female musicians, held at 115 High Street, Oxford . However, male musicians gradually joined, including Frank Bridge , Adolf Busch , Percy Grainger , Lionel Tertis , and Hans Wessely .
The Bate Collection of Musical Instruments is a collection of historic musical instruments, mainly for Western classical music, from the Middle Ages onwards. It is housed in Oxford University's Faculty of Music near Christ Church on St. Aldate's. The collection is open to the public and is available for academic study by appointment.
The Heather Professor of Music is the title of an endowed chair at the University of Oxford. The post and the funding for it come from a bequest by William Heather (c. 1563 – 1627).
In 1946 Jack Westrup received an honorary degree of D.Mus. from Oxford University. He was knighted in 1961. His collection of 4,500 books on music history and musicology became the basis of the Westrup Library at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. [17] Music & Letters now awards a Jack Westrup Prize in Musicology.
The Oxford Companion to Music, tenth edition. The Oxford Companion to Music is a music reference book in the series of Oxford Companions produced by the Oxford University Press. It was originally conceived and written by Percy Scholes and published in 1938.
Edward Higginbottom (born 16 November 1946, Kendal) is a music scholar, organist, choirmaster and conductor. [2] Most of his career has been as organist at New College, Oxford, where he led their choir for more than 35 years and produced a large number of choral recordings.
Darlington was Choragus of the University of Oxford and holds a Lambeth Doctorate.He served as President of the Royal College of Organists from 2000 to 2002 and is an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music, a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music and an honorary canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.