Peyton and Barber Professor of Music

The Peyton and Barber Professorship of Music is a named chair at the University of Birmingham. It was established in 1904 when Richard Peyton, a local businessman, endowed it with £10,000. The inaugural holder was the composer Edward Elgar, who left the post in 1908.[1][2] As of 2018, the chair is held by Andrew Kirkman.

  1. ^ "BBC Prom tells story of Elgar at University of Birmingham", University of Birmingham, 21 August 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. ^ Michael Kennedy, Joyce Kennedy and Tim Rutherford-Johnson (eds.), The Oxford Dictionary of Music, 6th ed. (Oxford University Press, 2013) p. 89.