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Havergal Brian 

United Music Publishers publish all Brian's music, except the piano music which is available from the Havergal Brian Society
Sound and Music (formerly the British Music Information Centre)
Bristol University holds the Havergal Brian Society's Archive of the composer

Libraire Musicale Internationale - Partitions et tablatures de musique: suppliers of Brian's scores in the south of France

The Havergal Brian web ring, constructed by Tim Horwood
Tim Horwood's own site includes material on Havergal Brian as well as Harold Truscott and Josef Holbrooke
Langdon Jones - includes an article on The Gothic
Havergal Brian Society - contacts

 

British composers

Bantock Society
Arnold Bax Society

Elgar Society
Robert Simpson Society

Arthur Bliss Society 

 

 

Artists

Martyn Brabbins - HBS president

Myer Fredman - HBS Vice President, includes a biography mentioning Brian
London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Leopold Stokowski - conductor of the world premiere of Symphony no. 28 in 1973 

 

 

Record companies

Naxos has released seven CDs of Brian's symphonies and other orchestral music

Dutton has released three CDs of Brian orchestral music
EMI Classics has released two CDs  of Brian symphonies
Hyperion Records has released CDs of Brian's Gothic and third symphonies
Toccata Classics has released two CDs of Brian's early and operatic orchestral music

 

 

Magazines/books

Gramophone - UK-based monthly recorded music and Hi-Fi magazine, contains online reviews of most Brian discs

International Record Review - another excellent UK-based monthly magazine dedicated to CDs reviews; extensive Brian reviews
Tempo - UK-based quarterly music magazine, edited by Malcolm MacDonald

Fanfare - US-based 'magazine for serious record collectors'

American Record Guide - venerable US recording and concert review magazine

Music & Vision - an excellent internet music magazine in daily parts

Toccata Press - publishers of CDs, plus Havergal Brian on music and many other fine books

Ashgate Publishing - publishers of HB: Aspects of Havergal Brian

 

 

Music sites

FRMS - Federation of Recorded Music Societies: targeted at developing greater enthusiasm and understanding of recorded classical music

ClassicalLink - fine music portal

Classical Archives - features, introductions, downloads

Classical.com - specialist music listening and downloads

Executivegiftshoppe.com - detailed information on 25 best-known composers (thanks to Mrs Thompson and her students)

 

 

Website directories

Between them, these sites provide a huge number of links to composers', performers' and other music websites, as well as often offering their own takes on composers and music generally.  The HBS is grateful to each of them for including a link to our site.

MusicWeb International - huge resource for links
Big Bands Database Plus - see Links page

British Music Society
Cadenza resources for classical and contemporary musicians 
Classical Composers' Database 

Classical Music Composers Database
British and Irish Composers index
Classical Net - another vast site, probably the most comprehensive on the internet

Doctor Estrella's incredibly abridged dictionary of composers

Duke University Libraries - Classical music resources  

Search Beat - Modern music on the web
University of Washington Music Library Reference Desk Internet Resources

 

 

Thanks also to...

these sites for linking to this one

Viteslava Kaprálová Society website 
Tore F Steenslid
's classical music pages
Willow Pond homepage - an American chamber music ensemble

Shoreham-by-Sea website - Brian lived in Shoreham in the latter part of his life

Wikipedia - the web encyclopaedia with a reference page on Brian

 

 

More useful links
Operissimo
- more operas than you can possibly imagine (including Brian's!)
New England Conservatory of Music - one of the premier US centres of musical excellence

 

 

... and finally

Jeremy Marchant - designer/creator of the original Havergal Brian Society website, and composer manqué

Martyn Becker  - your webmaster


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