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A Scottish-born South African ethnomusicologist, musicologist, historian, and professor. In early 1914, Kirby relocated to South Africa after being appointed as the Music Organiser for the Natal Education Department. This role marked the beginning of his influential career in South Africa. After seven years with the Natal Education Department, Kirby was appointed as the Chair of the Music Department at the University College, Johannesburg, in 1921.This institution would later become the University of the Witwatersrand. Kirby was the first person to hold the position of Professor of Music at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he served for thirty-one years until his retirement in 1952. [See Wikipedia] Kirby wrote about building matters in 1930. Publ: Modern stage craft and theatre construction, SAAR Sep 1930:79-83 All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books citing KIRBY
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