Albion
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« on: January 22, 2021, 02:34:27 am » |
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I have revamped the Wikipedia entry on Thomas Wingham (once a bright hope of English music), expanded the biography, added contemporary reviews and an obituary notice and provided further detail about his works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_WinghamWell, with time on your hands what would you rather be doing than a bit of arcane research, lol... :) ;)
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"A piece is worth your attention, and is itself for you praiseworthy, if it makes you feel you have not wasted your time over it." (Sydney Grew, 1922)
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Albion
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« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2021, 09:09:45 am » |
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The only photograph of Wingham which I can locate at present is at the National Portrait Gallery, London, as part of a composite bromide print by and after Elliott & Fry: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw254757Wingham is image number 664. Incidentally, the same print shows other composers including Henry Gadsby (number 685) and a very-young-looking Frederic Cowen (number 681)... :)
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"A piece is worth your attention, and is itself for you praiseworthy, if it makes you feel you have not wasted your time over it." (Sydney Grew, 1922)
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Albion
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2021, 02:47:44 pm » |
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As the snow falls thickly outside, I am happy to report that I have located a fair amount of autograph manuscript material for several of Wingham's orchestral works lurking in the Library of the Royal Academy of Music and have amended the Wikipedia entry accordingly:
The autograph manuscript full score of Concert Overture No. 4 (XX(175475.1)), together with autograph manuscript parts of Symphony No.1 (XX(175469.1)), the Elegy on the death of Sterndale Bennett (XX(175471.1)), Symphony in D, Op.4 (XX(175472.1)), the Andante and allegro capriccioso for piano and orchestra (XX(175473.1)), Concert Overture No.4 (XX(175476.1)), Concert Overture No.6 (XX(175477.1)) and Concerto Overture No.1 (XX(175478.1)/ XX(175479.1)) are held by the Library of the Royal Academy of Music, London.
:) :) :)
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"A piece is worth your attention, and is itself for you praiseworthy, if it makes you feel you have not wasted your time over it." (Sydney Grew, 1922)
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