PETER DICKINSON
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Extensive numbers of reviews of records, concerts and books are not included unless an extended article provided new information. Reviews have appeared in the Musical Times, Musical Courier, Music and Letters, Music and Musicians, Tempo, Gramophone, The Times Higher Education Supplement, The Times Literary Supplement and on BBC Radio 3
Education at the Juilliard School of Music, Musical Times, May 1960, 297-98
The Avant-garde in New York, Musical Times, June 1960, 377-78
The Living Theater, Musical Courier, June 1960, 26 [Three concerts of Cage and followers]
Krenek’s Organ Sonata, Musical Times, January 1963, 54-5
Berkeley on the Keyboard, Music and Musicians, April 1963, 10, 11 & 58
The Music of Lennox Berkeley, Musical Times, May 1963, 327-30
The Instrumental Music of Willem Pijper (1897-1947), Music Review, November 1963, 327-332
New Music at School, Music in Education, March/April 1964, 121-5
Freedom for Music, Socialist Commentary, July 1964, 37-9
Contemporary Music in Schools. In Handbook for Music Teachers, ed. Bernarr Rainbow, Novello, 1964, 68-71 [2nd edition 1968, 127-30]
Improvisation, Musical Times, 1964, April 294–5, May 377–8, July 538–9, August 612–13, September 688–9, October 766–7
Charles Ives 1874–1954, Musical Times, October 1964, 347–9
Scriabin's Later Music, Music Review, February 1965, 19-22
Stockhausen in London, Music and Musicians, February 1965, 24-25
Way out with John Cage, Music and Musicians, February 1965, 32–4, 54 & 56
Lennox Berkeley, Music and Musicians, August 1965, 20-23 & 64
John McCabe, Musical Times, August 1965, 596-98
Varèse: Sonic Pioneer, Music and Musicians, December 1965, 28-29
Darius Milhaud, Music and Musicians, March 1966, 22-25 & 59
Feldman explains himself, Music and Musicians, July 1966, 22-23 [reprinted in Morton Feldman says: Selected Interviews and Lectures 1964-87, ed. Chris Villars, London, 2006, 19-23]
Messiaen: Composer of Crisis, Music and Musicians, October 1966, 26-30 & 59
The Music of Alan Ridout, Music and Musicians, December 1966, 28-30
A Note on The Judas Tree, Musical Times, April 1967, 323-25
Henry Cowell: Extreme Experimenter and Naïve Nationalist. Composer, Spring 1967, 10-13
Erik Satie (1866–1925), Music Review, May 1967, 139–46 [with score of Vexations]
Schoenberg, Music in Education, May/June 1967, 461-464
Polish Music Today, Musical Times, July 1967, 596-598
Charles Koechlin: Enigmatic Genius, Music and Musicians, December 1967, 26-27
Charles Ives, Music in Education, May/June, 1968, 138-40 & 157
Charles Koechlin, Composer, Autumn 1968, 20-23
Berkeley’s Music Today, Musical Times, November 1968, 1013-14
John Cage, Music in Education, January/February, 1969, 19-20
Lennox Berkeley, Composer, Summer 1970, 3-11
John Joubert Today, Musical Times, January 1971, 20-23
Case of Neglect: Cage’s String Quartet, Music and Musicians, January 1972, 28-29 [reprinted in Writings about John Cage, ed. Richard Kostelanetz, Ann Arbor, 1993, 77-83]
A New Perspective for Ives, Musical Times, October 1974, 836–8
Satie Anniversary, Music and Musicians, July 1975, 18-20
Copland at 75, Musical Times, November 1975, 967-70
Ed.: First American Music Conference, April 18-21, at Keele University 1975 [papers and forum discussion, includes interview with Copland transcribed in Copland Connotations (Woodbridge 2002)], Keele, 1976
Transformations of Erik Satie. In ed. Dickinson, Twenty British Composers, London, 1975, 47-49
Interview with Sir Lennox Berkeley. In ed. Dickinson, Twenty British Composers, London, 1975, 23-29 [also in Lennox Berkeley and his Friends: Selected Writings, Letters and Interviews, Boydell forthcoming]
A Note on Some Recent Works, Musical Times, July 1977, 559 [on Dickinson’s works with score of Late Afternoon in November]
On Charles Ives. In An Ives Celebration, ed. H. Wiley Hitchcock and Vivian Perlis, Illinois, 1977, 243-46 [see also discussion 47-63]
Recent Research on American Musical Traditions. In International Musicological Society Conference XII, Berkeley 1977, 353–57
Berkeley at 75 talks to Peter Dickinson, Musical Times, May 1978, 409-11
The Achievement of Ragtime: an Introductory Study with some Implications for British Research in
Popular Music. In Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, 1978–9, 63–76
Obituary: Samuel Barber, Musical Times, March 1981, 193
Sir Lennox Berkeley. In the New Grove Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, Macmillan, 1981, 560-63
On the Trail of Samuel Barber, Schirmer Repertoire 8, May 1982, 6-7
British-American Interactions: Composers and Students, Musical Times, July 1983, 411-13 & 17 [top two paragraphs – printing error]
Lord Berners: the Most Professional Amateur, BBC Radio 3 Magazine, September 1983, 26-29
Lord Berners, 1883–1950, Musical Times, November 1983, 669–72
The Art Song [with H. Wiley Hitchcock]. In The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, Vol.1, Macmillan, 1984, 74-77
Lord Berners (1883-1950): Composer, Author, Painter and Eccentric, Royal Society of Arts Journal, April 1984, 669-72
British-American Interactions, Composer, Spring 1984, 14-15
American Music’s Golden Age. In BBC Proms Prospectus 1985, 7-13
William Schumann: an American Symphonist at 75, Musical Times, August 1985, 457–8
Snap and Brilliance: William Schuman, Listener, 22 August 1985, 34
British-American Musical Interactions. Special issue of American Music, Spring 1986, edited by Dickinson and Karl Kroeger arising from 3rd American Music Conference at Keele University, 2-5 July, 1983
American Influences Abroad, Keyboard Classics, May 1986, 40-41
The Syncopated Muse: Jazz and the British Composer, Keynote Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 5, 16-19
Lament for a Pioneer (David Munrow), Times Higher Education Supplement, 18 July 1986, 14
Stein, Satie, Cummings, Thomson, Berners, Cage: Toward a Context for the Music of Virgil Thomson, Musical Quarterly, 1986 No.3, 394–409
Directions of a Decade, Musical Times, January 1987, 15–17 [Dickinson’s own music]
Note Perfect (Ralph Holmes), Times Higher Education Supplement, 27 March 1987, 15
Vincent Persichetti. Obituary: Independent, 18 August 1987
Morton Feldman. Obituary: Independent, 4 September 1987
The Music of Lennox Berkeley (London, 1988) [see also 2003 for 2nd enlarged edition]
Dali reflected in the water: British composer Peter Dickinson chooses a painting by Salvador Dali, Independent, 6 December 1988
The American Concerto. In A Companion to the Concerto, ed. R. Layton (London, 1988), 305–25
Charles Ives and Aaron Copland. In The Heritage of Music, Vol. 4, Oxford & New York, 1989, 235-245
The Poet's Voice [review of Larkin tributes and cassettes of his reading], The Times Higher Educational Supplement, 24 February 1989
Style-Modulation: an Approach to Stylistic Pluralism, Musical Times, April 1989, 208–11 [see also: Style Modulation as a Compositional Technique Goldsmiths, University of London, 1996]
Philip Larkin Remembered. Royal Society of Arts Journal, April 1989, 309-11
John Ogdon. Obituary: Independent, 3 August 1989
Virgil Thomson. Obituary: Independent, 2 October 1989
Sir Lennox Berkeley. Obituary: Independent, 27 December 1989
Sir Lennox Berkeley as Teacher: an Appreciation by Peter Dickinson. Guardian, 28 December 1989
Virgil Thomson (1896–1989), Musical Times, January 1990, 31
An Unobtrusive Man: Sir Lennox Berkeley’s wide-ranging Achievement. The Listener, 14 June 1990, 44-45
Peggy Glanville Hicks. Obituary: Independent, 4 July 1990
Leonard Bernstein. Obituary: Independent, 19 July 1990
A Secure Position: a Fanfare for the long Life of Aaron Copland. The Listener, 8 November 1990, 36-37
Copland on Record, Gramophone, November 1990, 963-65
Copland, early and late and more Biography, Musical Times, November 1990, 582-85
Aaron Copland. Obituary: Independent, 4 December 1990
Elie Siegmeister. Obituary: Independent, 14 March 1991
Sir Lennox Berkeley. Repertoire Guide No. 12, Classical Music, 23 March 1991, 12-13
Erik Satie [including various book reviews], Musical Quarterly, Fall 1991, 404-09
Ernst Krenek. Obituary: Independent, 31 December 1991
William Schuman. Obituary: Independent, 24 February 1992
Ruth Pitter. Obituary: Independent, 2 March 1002
Stephen Albert. Obituary: Independent, 30 December 1992
Articles on 34 American composers. In The Viking Opera Guide, ed. Amanda Holden, Penguin Books, 1993.
Vittorio Rieti. Obituary: Independent, 1 March 1993
Maurice Abravanel. Obituary: Independent, 21 October 1993
Emily Dickinson and Music, Music & Letters, May 1994, 241-45
Nicolas Slonimsky. Obituary: Independent, 12 February 1996
Morton Gould. Obituary: Independent, 26 February 1996
Style Modulation as a Compositional Technique, Goldsmiths, University of London, 1996
Conlon Nancarrow. Obituary: Independent, 20 August 1997
Nationalism is not Enough: a Composer's Perspective. In Music and Nationalism in 20th-Century Great Britain and Finland, ed. T. Mäkelä, Hamburg, 1997, 27–34
Marigold: the Music of Billy Mayerl (Oxford, 1999)
Between Old Worlds and New: Occasional Writings on Music by Wilfrid Mellers. Ed. John Paynter, Music and Letters [review with context], February 2000, 152-155
Mark Tucker. Obituary: Independent, 16 December 2000
Sir Lennox Berkeley. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition, Vol. 3, Macmillan, 2001, 359-363
Lord Berners. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition, Vol. 3, Macmillan, 2001, 435-437
Billy Mayerl. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition, Vol. 16, Macmillan, 2001, 174-75
Universities: Britain. In Universities, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition, Vol. 10, Macmillan, 2001, 145-46
Connections between T. S. Eliot and Major Composers : Igor Stravinsky and Benjamin Britten. In T. S. Eliot and our Turning World, ed. Jewell Spears Brooker, Basingstoke/New York, 2001, 91-99
Setting Auden to Music. London Magzaine, March 2001, 43-52
American Beauty: Samuel Barber’s Concertos for Violin, Cello and Piano, Gramophone, April 2001, 31-33
Michael Oliver. Obituary: Independent, 4 December 2002
Copland’s Earlier British Connections. In Copland Connotations: Studies and Interviews, ed. Dickinson (Woodbridge, 2002), 165-74
Aaron Copland in Interview. In Tempo, April 2003, 11-15 [consists of portions of Copland’s 1976 interviews at Keele University which came to light after Copland Connotations had gone to press]
The Music of Lennox Berkeley: 2nd enlarged edition (Woodbridge, 2003)
Hugh Pollard: Founding Principakl of St Martin's. Lancaster. Obituary: Independent, 13 April 2005
[PD ghost-wrote Guardian obituary and arranged for Alan Bennett to contribute]
Larkin's Jazz: A Composer's Response to Setting Larkin to Music following discussions with the Poet. About Larkin, Journal of the Philip Larkin Society, No. 19, Spring 2005, 4-9
David Diamond. Obituary: Independent, 15 June 2005
CageTalk: Dialogues with and about John Cage (Rochester, NY, 2006)
Bernarr Rainbow: Pioneer Historian of Music Education, in Music in Educational Thought and Practice, Rainbow and Cox, ed. Dickinson (Woodbridge 2006), 1-13
Hitchcock’s Ives: A New Edition of 129 Songs, Music and Letters, November 2006, 606-13
John Adams. In New Makers of Modern Culture, ed. Justin Wintle, London 2007,10-11
Samuel Barber. In New Makers of Modern Culture, ed. Justin Wintle, London 2007, 93-94
Philip Glass. In New Makers of Modern Culture, ed. Justin Wintle, London 2007, 591-593
Steve Reich. In New Makers of Modern Culture, ed. Justin Wintle, London 2007, 1249-50
Gian Carlo Menotti. Obituary: Independent, 3 February 2007
H. Wiley Hitchcock. Obituary: Independent, 13 December 2007
Lord Berners: Composer – Writer – Painter (Woodbridge, 2008; paperback, revised 2010)
Professor Wilfrid Mellers: Musicologist and composer. Obituary: Independent, 19 May 2008
John Cage was all the Rage, Eccles Centre Lecture, British Library, London, 2008
Four Centuries of Music Teaching Manuals 1518-1932. Bernarr Rainbow, ed. Dickinson (Woodbridge 2009)
Britten, his Mentor and Some Colleagues. In New Aldeburgh Anthology, ed. Ariane Banks and Jonathan Reekie, Woodbridge 2009, 136-39
Ives Thrives: Books, Editions and Recordings, Tempo, July 2009, 75-77
Nigel Fortune: Highly respected Musicologist and co-editor of Music and Letters. Obituary: Independent, 30 April 2009
Samuel Barber Remembered: a Centenary Tribute (Rochester, NY, 2010)
Bernarr Rainbow on Music: Memoirs and Selected Writings, ed. Dickinson (Woodbridge 2010)
Hugh Davis: Inspirational teacher, organist and director of music. Obituary: Independent, 15 April 2010
Is Aaron Copland’s epic Third the greatest American symphony? The Gramophone, August, 2010, 44-49
Reputations: Malcolm Williamson. Gramophone, October 2010, 50-51
Milton Babbitt: Composer regarded as the high priest of American serialism. Obituary: Independent, 1 February 2011
The Third Symphony of Charles Ives. Music and Letters [book review]
Frank Bridge: the Unsung British Modernist. Gramophone, August 2011, online edition
SCRIPTED BBC TALKS
Reviews, interviews and discussions are not included
Erik Satie 1866-1925 (1966); Henry Cowell 1879-1965 (1966); Charles Koechlin 1867-1951 (1967); Settings of E. E. Cummings with recital with Meriel Dickinson (1971); Skryabin’s Piano Music (1972); Peter Dickinson presents a programme of his own music (1972); Settings of James Joyce, with recital; The Songs of Charles Ives (1972); Lutoslawski – two talks (1973); Lord Berners, with recital (1973); Voices of Today, introducing Dickinson’s The Dry Heart; Déodat de Sévérac (1973); Egon Wellesz, with recital (1974); American Composers of the Civil War Period (1974); Virgil Thomson at 80 (1976); Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1976); Settings of W. H. Auden, with recital (1976); Pioneer Salon Music from France, two programmes with recital (1978); A Ragtime Anthology, with recital (1978); John Cage Today (1978); The Music of Lord Berners (1979); Two Post-Impressionists: Charles Griffes and Cyril Scott, with recital (1979); The Joyce Book: musical settings of James Joyce, performed complete (1982); Cage’s Irish Circus (1987) – with interviews included in CageTalk: Dialogues with and about John Cage; Larkin’s Jazz, two programmes about Philip Larkin’s taste in jazz (1988); The Young Lennox Berkeley: an Englishman in Paris, four introduced recitals (1988); Nelson – Berkeley’s opera introduced (1988)
ARTICLES ABOUT PETER DICKINSON
Excluding concert and record reviews
Roger Norrington: Peter Dickinson, Musical Times, February 1965, 109-10 [with score of Jesus Christ is risen today]
Anthony Payne: Peter Dickinson, Musical Times, August 1971, 755-56
Hugo Cole: Avoiding a Narrow Musical Path, Country Life, 8 July 1976
Kenneth Dommett: The Outcry of Nature: Kenneth Dommett traces the career of Peter Dickinson whose Outcry receives its premiere on May 10 at the Central Hall, Coventry, Music and Musicians, May 1969, 26-28
Martin Dreyer:Composer at a Crossroad, Classical Music, July 1984
Christopher Palmer: Profile of Peter Dickinson, BBC Proms programme, 20 August 1986
Martin Pacey: In Memoriam - Peter Dickinson’s Violin Concerto, The Strad, April 1987
John Greenhalgh: The Third Hat, Classical Music, 20 February 1988
John Greenhalgh: A Family Affair, Classical Music, March 1989
Brian Morton: Peter Dickinson, Contemporary Composers, St James' Press, Chicago/London, 1991, 224-27
Michael Oliver: Peter Dickinson, The Repertoire Guide, Classical Music, 14 May 1994, 19
Malcolm Miller: Peter Dickinson, Tempo, January 2010 [expanded record review]
Anna Perry: The Eclecticism of Peter Dickinson assessed through investigation of selected works, BA thesis, University of Lancaster, 2010
Peter Dickinson: From Organ Loft to Rags and Blues, The Organ, Nov 2011-Jan 2012, 38-40
BBC RADIO 3 DOCUMENTARIES
Samuel Barber, broadcast 23 January 1982; repeated 1 May 1982, producer Arthur Johnson [complete interviews included in Samuel Barber: A Centenary Tribute, Rochester, 2010]
Lord Berners, broadcast 18 September 1983; repeated 3 January 1985, producer Arthur Johnson [complete interviews included in Lord Berners: Composer, Writer, Painter, Woodbridge, 2008]
John Cage: Inventor of Genius, broadcast 20 November 1989; repeats 18 October 1990 and 13 August 1992, producer Anthony Cheevers [complete interviews included in CageTalk: Dialogues with and about John Cage, Rochester, 2006]
Lennox Berkeley, broadcast 31 August 1992; repeated 13 September 1993, producer Arthur Johnson [interviews represented in The Music of Lennox Berkeley, Woodbridge, 2003; printed in full in Lennox Berkeley and his Friends, Boydell, forthcoming 2012]
Billy Mayerl: the Formula for Success, broadcast 11 February 1996, producer Derek Drescher [interviews date back to 1982 and are represented in Marigold: the Music of Billy Mayerl, OUP, 1999]
EDITIONS OF MUSIC
Satie/Debussy. Gymnopèdies, miniature score, Schott, 1980
Lord Berners. The Collected Vocal Music, Chester, 1982 [2nd edition 2000]
Lord Berners. The Collected Music for Solo Piano, Chester, 1982 [2nd edition 2000]
Herbert Howells. Oboe and Piano Sonata [with Sarah Francis], Novello, 1987
Lennox Berkeley. Serenade for Strings, Op. 12, Chester 2003
Lennox Berkeley. Collected Works for Solo Piano, Chester, 2003
Lord Berners. Complete Piano Duets, Chester, 2010
[many editions of individual pieces by Lennox Berkeley published by Chester]
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