Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/BallM
Title: Michael Ball
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Catalogue of music with biographies, including material from reference BMC/CO/1/BallM

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Beamish
Title: Sally Beamish
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biography and list of works, interviews in newspapers, authored pieces by Beamish, reviews of performances, programmes and programme notes, including publications on Beamish from the Scottish Music Information Centre

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Birtwistle
Title: Harrison Birtwistle
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Reviews of performances (copies/prints and original clippings) including opera (Gawain, The Second Mrs Kong, Orpheus, Punch and Judy), heavily performed outside of Manchester, includes links with Elgar Howarth, journal entries with longer articles about him and his work, catalogue entries of work by publishers and press releases, programmes, biographical notes, catalogues of works, libretto of The Last Supper by Robin Blaser (no music), BBC Birtwistle Festival 1988 clippings, reviews of recordings, connections with Maxwell-Davies, letters written to newspapers about his work, libretto and programme for Gawain, discography, notes on career e.g. press release re publishing contract with B&H 1995, instrumentation and direction for For O For O The Hobby Horse Is Forgot with sketches of position of percussionist. Also of interest will be material from references BMC/CO/1/Birtwistle1 and 2 and MBC/CO/2/GroupBMIC10

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Burgess
Title: Anthony Burgess
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biography as musician 1994 in Sheet Music, article written by Burgess in Classic CD 1990

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Fligg
Title: David Fligg
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Press release for piece "We'll to the Woods No More"

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Fogg
Title: Eric Fogg
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Long article from 'Music and Musicians' (no date). Details of his life, works and early death under a tube train at Waterloo station at age 36. Was one of the 'Uncles' on BBC Children's Hour.

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Foulds
Title: John Foulds
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biography showing education, appointments, prizes. List of works and details of his Cello sonata. Centenary concert programme at Wigmore Hall, 7/11/80. Centenary brochure from Musia Viova giving his life in chronological detail and article by Malcolm MacDonald 1979. First British composer to experiment with divisions of the octave smaller than a semitone. His 'World Requiem' was the origin of the annual Festival of Remembrance. Wrote for some of most celebrated stage productions of the 1920's (most famous probably GBS' 'Saint Joan'). Many articles and reviews.

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/GardnerJo
Title: John Gardner
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Composer profile, catalogue of works, copy of programme, programme with letter from Philip Brunelle (Plymouth Music Series) to BMIC re tribute to Gardner, application to membership of Composers Guild, biographies, press release

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Gilbert
Title: Anthony Gilbert
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Catalogue of works and biography, press release of book release, issue of Tempo with article by Douglas Jarman re Gilbert, recordings press release, composer profiles, copy of published interview with Gilbert in Music Matters (RNCM 1990), piece profiles including by Gilbert, press releases

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Godman
Title: Robert Godman
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Programme clipping

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Goehr
Title: Alexander Goehr
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Catalogues of works with biography, publication of lecture "Do we need modern music?" by Goehr, biographies, composer profiles, reviews of works and performances, discographies, reviews of recordings

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Golland
Title: John Golland
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Programme, biographies

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Gorb
Title: Adam Gorb
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Reviews of work, programmes, catalogue of work and biography, press releases

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Goves
Title: Larry Goves
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Copy of letter from Goves to BMIC re application to New Voices scheme with brief CV 2005

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/HallR
Title: Richard Hall
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Book of poems Petros, review of CDs, biography, catalogue of works, manuscript programme notes for symphony authored by Hall, list of performances and broadcasts (copy of MS), letter from Ella Hall to Roger ? re work on scores with reference to Sandy Goehr and Brodsky Quartet and Martyn Harry conducting Messiah 1986, article by Hall on "Some Reflexions on the Teachings of Musical Composition", copy of MS list of scores sent to BMC, letter by Ella Hall to a Mr Wright re works by Hall the library has mentions David Wellington 1985

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Harty
Title: Hamilton Harty
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biography

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Heath
Title: Dave Heath
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Reviews of recordings, list of works and biography, reviews of performances, interview with Heath in Independent re work with Scottish Ensemble 1994 and in Pan 1996 as general biographical interview, programmes, press releases by Chester Music

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Holt
Title: Simon Holt
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Reviews of performances, composer profile and biography, press release, biography and catalogue of works, letter containing autobiography for publication by Holt 1982, press releases

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Howarth
Title: Elgar Howarth
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Reviews of performance, brief biographical notes

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Hudes
Title: Eric Hudes
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Programmes, biographies, analyses of Sonata No.2

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Ireland
Title: John Ireland
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Bopgraphy

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/JohnsonS
Title: Stephen Johnson
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Brief mention in broadcasting role

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/JonesDav
Title: David Jones
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1971-1974
Scope and content: Performance notes by Jones 1971-1974

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Lancaster
Title: David Lancaster
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Piece profiles, biographies including MS letter by Lancaster to Lyons Concert Hall in Heslington, list of works

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Lydiate
Title: Frederick Lydiate
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Programme of memorial concert, Composers Guild subscription card, brief biography

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Malone
Title: Kevin Malone
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Poster advertising composer, letters from Malone to BMIC re premieres, composer profile, programmes

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Manduell
Title: John Manduell
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biographies

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/McGarr
Title: Peter McGarr
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Programmes, biographies

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Merrick
Title: Frank Merrick
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biography showing appointments, awards, compositions, publications. Reduced subscription card.

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Newland
Title: Paul Newland
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Programme, biographies

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Ogdon
Title: John Ogdon
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Copies of manuscript works

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Payne
Title: Anthony Payne
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biography and list of works, programmes, reviews and info re Elgar's Symphony No.3 completion, biographies, press release, article by Payne on Arnold Bax, performance reviews, catalogue of works and biography

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Peel
Title: Graham Peel
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biography and composer profile

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Phillips
Title: Bryony Phillips
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biography, list of works

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Pilling
Title: Dorothy Pilling
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biography with list of works. Piano pieces for young people, for years Associated Board piano list choice. Wrote textbooks and volumes of exercises. Worked at Manchester Matthay School and Royal Northern College of Music, retired 1978.

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Pitfield
Title: Thomas Baron Pitfield
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biography. Taught art and then composition at the RMCM, retired 1973. Taught John McCabe, Harrison Birtwistle, John Ogdon. Programme 1972 The Ad Solem Ensemble played his pieces and John McCabe's University of Manchester 17/5/72. Wrote broadsheet on Bowdon conservation. Numerous broadcasts and public performances of his work. Programme from Liverpool Philharmonic Society 18/3/78 'Piano Concerto No. 1'. Booklet by him 'A Sexton's Dozen', epitaphs. 70th birthday tribute Recital of Compositions 4/5/73, FE Parish Hall, Altrincham. Programme for 'Coney Warren' children's opera at Didsbury College of Education 25/11/?. List of works, articles, exhibitions of paintings, CD, books wood carvings. 3 autobiographies. Handwritten list of selected works.

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Poole
Title: Geoffrey Poole
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Brochures giving biography and list of works. a 'composer's composer'. Since 1976 lecturer at Manchester University in the Faculty of Music. Reviews and articles, press releases. Descriptions of some works.

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/ProctorGregg
Title: Humphrey Proctor-Gregg
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biography showing education, appointments, awards, compositions and publications. CBE. Application for election to membership of The Composers' Guild of Great Britain 12/2/64 giving chief compositions.

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Rawsthorne
Title: Alan Rawsthorne
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Leaflet containing biography and list of works. RCM after part training to be a dentist and architect, studied abroad including under Egon Petri, taught at Dartington Hall 1932-34. Served in the Army in WW2. Awarded CBE in 1961, and made honorary Doctor of Music of Liverpool, Essex and Belfast Universities. Second wife was the painter, Isabel Rawsthorne who was sculpted by Giocometti and Epstein and had portraits painted by Derain, Picasso and Francis Bacon. She designed stage sets for ballets. Copies of "The Creel", the annual journal published by The Alan Rawsthorne Society from Spring 1990-Winter 2005-06 (not complete set). Also copies of the newsletter June 1996-Jun 2005 (again, not complete). The Society was set up to disseminate information about the composer and encourage recordings. Many many articles and reviews. Review "Rawsthorne at 60". Programme of Memorial Concert 24/11/71 at the Wigmore Hall presented by MacNaghten Concerts featured John Ogdon on piano.

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Reeves
Title: Camden Reeves
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: List of works with biography, performance list, CV of Reeves

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Roth
Title: Alec Roth
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Composer profile

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Russell
Title: Barry Russell
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biography

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/SaundersJ
Title: James Saunders
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Reflections on Saunders by Christopher Cox 1998, press release/review of works, biography, copy of programme for #030501

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Sawer
Title: David Sawer
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Programme, reviews/profiles of pieces, press release, performance reviews (cross with Birtwistle), biographies, programme notes, letter from the Fulbright Commission to the BMIC re award of Fulbright-Chester-Schirmer Fellowship in Musical Composition awarded to Sawer with press release, catalogue of works,

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/SmallerR
Title: Roger Smalley
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biographical file, reviews, news cuttings, articles and discographies. Mostly photocopies.

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/ThomasJa
Title: Janet Owen Thomas
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biographies, reviews/profiles on pieces, list of works

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Touchin
Title: Colin Michael Touchin
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Director of Music at the University of Warwick. Biography and list of works. Previously he was Head of Composition at Cheetham's School of Music in Manchester, where for 8 years he conducted the Classical Orchestra, founded the Symphonic Wind Orchestra, taught clarinet, recorder, composition, conducting, chamber music, electronic music and jazz.

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/TurnerJ
Title: John Turner
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biographical file

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/VineI
Title: Ian Vine
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Programmes, biography

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Walton
Title: William Walton
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Various catalogues of works; Music reviews; various newspaper and magazine articles; brief biography.

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/Whalley
Title: Richard Whalley
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biography, list of works with notes written by Whalley, list of performances

Archive: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Collection: British Music Collection's Composer Files
Reference: BMC/CO/4/WilliamsonJ
Title: John Ramsden Williamson
Level: File
Extent: 1 file
Creator: British Music Information Centre
Dates: 1960s-2000s
Scope and content: Biographies including manuscript by WIlliamson to BMIC with brief list on work