Thursday 1 January 2015

A Happy New Year...

A Happy and Prosperous New Year
To All Readers of
The Land of Lost Content

Significant British Composer Anniversaries for 2015
Bi-Centenaries
J.W. Glover (1815-1899)
William Jackson (1815-1866)
Henry Lazarus (1815-1895)
H.H Pierson (1815- 1873)
Ferdinand Praeger (1815-1891)
150 Years
A.H. Brewer (1865-1928)
Alfred Hollins (1865-1942)
E.H. Lemare (1865-1934)
Stewart Macpherson (1865-1941)
Philip Miles (1865-1935)
Howard. Talbot (1865-1928)
R.R. Terry (1865-1938)
William Wolstenholme (1865-1931)
Centenaries
Gerald Cockshott (1915-1979)
Pamela Harrison (1915-1990)
Patrick Piggott (1915-1990)
Humphrey Searle (1915-1982)

The ‘big’ commemoration of 2015 must be Humphrey Searle’s centenary. However, of considerable note is the prolific early Victorian composer Henry Hugo Pierson. Readers will notice the extraordinary number of organ and choral composers who celebrate 150 years – Alfred Hollins, William Wolstenholme, R.R. Terry and E.H. Lemare. I wonder how these anniversaries will be celebrated during 2015. 

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