The Hamilton Harty Professorship of Music was established by the Senate of Queen's University Belfast in 1951,"University news", The Times (London), 21 March 1951, p. 6. and named after the composer Sir Hamilton Harty; his royalties would fund the chair.Jeremy Dibble, Hamilton Harty: Musical Polymath (The Boydell Press, 2013), p. 293.

List of Hamilton Harty Professors of Music 1951–1954: Ivor Christopher Banfield Keys, CBE."Keys, Prof. Ivor Christopher Banfield", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 21 December 2018. 1954–1970: Philip Cranmer."Cranmer, Philip", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 21 December 2018. 1970–1972: Raymond Henry Charles Warren."University news", The Times (London), 20 December 1969, p. 17."University news", The Times (London), 24 February 1972, p. 18. 1972–1984: David Clive Greer."Greer, Prof. David Clive", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 21 December 2018. 1985–1996: Adrian Tregerthen Thomas."Thomas, Prof. Adrian Tregerthen", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 21 December 2018. 1996–2016?: Jan Albert Smaczny.Yo Tomita, Robin A. Leaver and Jan Smaczny (eds.), Exploring Bach's B-minor Mass (Cambridge University Press, 2013), p. xvii.Smaczny had retired by 2016; see "School of Arts, English and Languages", Queen's University Belfast, as archived by the Internet Archive on 22 August 2016."Jan Albert Smaczny", Companies House. Retrieved 21 December 2018. 2024–2026: Ian Woodfield

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