British Composers 1850-1950

[Alan Howe]

There we are, Martin - have we boxed you in sufficiently that you cannot but give us the whole of Sherwood 2? (He asked, presumptuously!)

[Reverie]

JULY 2025 UPDATES

Jane Joseph (1894-1929)

Bergamask

Alexander Brent Smith (1889-1950)

Symphony No 2 G minor - 1st movement

Henry Holmes (1839-1905)

Symphony No 5 "Cumberland" -  2nd movement

William Fenney (1891-1957)

Pastoral

LINK: https://britishcomposers1850-1950.blogspot.com

[tuatara442442]

I hope Tobias Matthay's work will one day join the rank. I'm quite curious about his compositions seeing he had written no small number of works.

[Reverie]

Yes he is most certainly on the list! The RAM hold his scores and it's not often easy communicating with them (there are few staff who are overworked) However, I'm hopeful in the near future.

[Reverie]

AUGUST 2025 UPDATES

Adam Carse (1878-1958)

Suite - The Nursery

Henry Gadsby (1842-1907)

Forest of Arden

Julius Benedict (1804-1885)

Overture to The Tempest

Francis Cunningham Woods (1862-1929)

Slow Air

LINK: https://britishcomposers1850-1950.blogspot.com

LINK: https://britishcomposers1850-1950.blogspot.com

[Reverie]

SEPTEMBER 2025 UPDATE

1.William George Cusins (1833-1893)

Overture to 'Les Travailleurs de la mer'

2. Benjamin Dale (1885-1943)

Prunella

3.Ferdinand Praeger (1815-1891)

Symphonic Prelude: Manfred

4.James Lyon (1872-1949)

Allegretto scherzando

LINK: https://britishcomposers1850-1950.blogspot.com

LINK: https://britishcomposers1850-1950.blogspot.com

[Alan Howe]

Many, many thanks for this, your regular update.

I've just been listening (again) to the excerpts from Sherwood's 2nd Symphony and was wondering whether you might consider giving us the whole work at some point. I have the feeling that he might just be one of the most important barely recorded composers that we're interested in here. Just a thought...

I was impressed by the excerpt from Praeger's Manfred; I wonder when it was written (the entry at IMLP is undated)?

[Reverie]

I'm hoping too Alan. I've got some extracts from the 2nd and 3rd movs done for next month. It's all time - there's just not enough of it in a day! It's a beautifully hand-written score, incredibly neat and easy to read so that saves a lot of time.

[Alan Howe]

It's a beautifully hand-written score, incredibly neat and easy to read so that saves a lot of time.

That's good news. We'll be grateful for anything you can offer, I'm sure.

[Reverie]

OCTOBER 2025 UPDATE

1.Frederick Corder (1852-1932)

Overture Nordisa

2.Walford Davies (1869-1941)

Welsh Tune No 1

3.Percy Sherwood (1866-1939)

Symphony No 2 - 2nd & 3rd movs

4. Herbert Brewer (1865-1928)

Elegy

LINK: https://britishcomposers1850-1950.blogspot.com

LINK: https://britishcomposers1850-1950.blogspot.com

[Alan Howe]

The Sherwood excerpts are gorgeous. Thanks so much.

[eschiss1]

The closest to a date one has for Praeger's Manfred is its premiere if one can determine it- it was performed  at the Crystal Palace...

https://empireadc.org/search/catalog/nbuumu_0046_c_5ccc8a1fbc3e8

17 April 1880 according to a book on the CP. So... composed between 1819 (say he was verra prodigious) and 1880.

[Reverie]

NOVEMBER 2025 UPDATES

1.Arthur Hinton (1869-1941)

Lancelot and Guinevere - 2nd movement

2.Gaze Cooper (1895–1981)

Symphony No 1 - 1st and 2nd movements

3.Hamilton Clarke (1840 -1912)

Overture Hamlet

4. William Henry Speer (1863-1937)

Nocturne

LINK: https://britishcomposers1850-1950.blogspot.com

LINK: https://britishcomposers1850-1950.blogspot.com

[Alan Howe]

I am fascinated by Hinton's music - have been since the late and much missed Chris Fifield conducted the composer's 1st Symphony. Thanks so much, Martin!

[Reverie]

DECEMBER 2025 UPDATES

1.Ernest Bryson (1867-1942)

Symphony No 1 in D


2.Adam Carse (1878-1958)

A Romantic Legend


3.Norman O'Neill (1875 –1934)

In Autumn


4. Basil Harwood (1859-1949)

In an Old Abbey


LINK: https://britishcomposers1850-1950.blogspot.com

LINK: https://britishcomposers1850-1950.blogspot.com