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Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley, (22 July 1830 – 26 October 1903) was an English composer, most well known for his role as Professor of Music at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to his appointment to this role in 1865 he established his reputation as an organist, composer, and musician. During his tenure at the University of Edinburgh he founded a number of university musical societies across Scotland, most notably the Edinburgh University Music Society, and successfully resolved the university's Reid School of Music into a Faculty able to award degrees to its graduates.

He was knighted in 1876 and in 1881 was appointed Composer of Music to Queen Victoria in Scotland.

Biography

The Reid Professorship

The Reid Concert Hall in Bristo Square

Selected works

• Froissart, concert overture, Op. 19 (1890)

See also

• University of Edinburgh
• Edinburgh University Music Society

Sources

• Oakeley, Edward Murray (1904). The Life of Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley (1st ed.). General Books LLC. ISBN 0217800548.

External links

• Music Collection of Professor Sir Herbert Stanley Oakley (Details of Sir Herbert Oakeley's Music Collection, held by the University of Edinburgh Library's Special Collections Division.)
• Website of the Edinburgh University Music Society
• Website of the current Reid School of Music

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