May 26, 2025 | Book reviews, Reviews
Simon Webb The Langley Press This book is probably best regarded as a short (98 pages) introduction to the life and music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. It is written mainly from the perspective of Coleridge-Taylor’s status as a black composer in Victorian...
Feb 21, 2025 | Book reviews
Paul Hindmarsh PHM PublishingISBN 978-1-0369-0132-5 This is a remarkable story of a pioneering composer who wrote largely for brass bands, yet considered that they were, in general, not fully committed to serious music. Wilfred Heaton (1918–2000) fell between two...
Apr 24, 2024 | Book reviews, Reviews
Eleanor Oldroyd Music Festival ISBN 978-1-3999-7858-3 Having spent many hours waiting at the bus stop outside Holst’s house, and having often spotted Stephen Dodgson at the Music Festival, I long knew of both composers’ links with leafy Barnes. Now, thanks...
Apr 23, 2024 | Book reviews, Reviews
Stephen Dodgson: a centenary celebration ed. Oliver Chandler & Thomas Hyde DE LA PORTEISBN 978-1-8383269-1-3 A first-rate volume, carefully crafted to appeal to both the average music-lover and the professional seeking more detailed information, this immediately...
Sep 25, 2023 | Book reviews
PAUL SPICER Robert Hale/Crowood Press It seems quite extraordinary that it has taken almost half a century since his death for a biography of such a significant figure as Sir Arthur Bliss to appear. As composer, conductor, writer, and administrator he was central to...
Jul 17, 2023 | Book reviews
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