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Frank Bridge study day

Posted on March 18, 2013 by fr2

On Saturday 23 March the University of Bristol is hosting a study day on the English composer Frank Bridge. The details can be found here: http://bristol.ac.uk/music/CHOMBEC/bridgestudyday2013.html Fiona Richards is giving a paper on the musical connections between Bridge, his pupil … Continue reading →

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Music and Patrick White

Posted on November 15, 2012 by fr2

The year 2012 marks the centenary of the birth of Australia’s Nobel Prize winning author Patrick White, who died just over twenty years ago. The French online journal Cercles has published a special issue dedicated to Patrick White, edited by David Coad and Jean-François … Continue reading →

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John Ireland in Chelsea

Posted on June 24, 2012 by fr2

To mark the 50th anniversary of his death, the John Ireland Trust is mounting a five-day Festival over 21st – 25th June, in two Chelsea churches where Ireland was organist: St Luke’s, Sydney Street and Holy Trinity, Sloane Square.  Cellist … Continue reading →

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Katia Chornik: After her PhD

Posted on February 6, 2012 by fr2

Katia Chornik, who completed her PhD with the Open University’s Music and English departments in 2010, is now developing her research in Manchester. She’s moved on from her thesis on the role of music in the novels of Alejo Carpentier to … Continue reading →

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Music and Image

Posted on January 19, 2012 by fr2

There will be a research day on the theme of Music and Image on Tuesday 27 March. Further details to follow.

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David Grant completes PhD on William Wallace

Posted on December 8, 2011 by fr2

Postgraduate student David Grant has completed his doctorate on William Vincent Wallace’s opera Maritana. This was one of the most popular and successful operas composed in the middle of the nineteenth century and one of the few works by a … Continue reading →

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Music and Place

Posted on December 8, 2011 by fr2

On Monday 5 December the Music department held a research day on the theme of Music and Place. This included a wide range of topics and approaches, from the music played at the wedding of Queen Mary I in 1554 … Continue reading →

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‘Music and Place’ 5 December

Posted on November 28, 2011 by fr2

There will be a research day on the theme of Music and Place on Monday 5 December. Full details are attached below. Music and Place

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John Ireland Companion

Posted on October 17, 2011 by fr2

A new book on the English composer John Ireland is published this Thursday 20 October. It contains two chapters by music department author Fiona Richards. http://www.boydellandbrewer.com/store/viewitem.asp?idproduct=13776

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