The round Sumer is icumen in (c1300) demonstrates the ground-breaking skills of English composers, as do fragments from Worcester Cathedral. The Old Hall manuscript (c1410 - 1450) shows the first ...

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Donald Macleod speaks to five members of a new generation of British composers about their work and the issue of women in music from a contemporary perspective ...

Many regard Purcell as the greatest English composer of all time. That is arguable; but considering his importance in the history of British music, it’s ironic that so little is known about his short ...

For 80 years, the haunting melodies of Auschwitz lay buried in silence, hidden among the archives of one of history’s darkest chapters. Now, for the first time, this lost music – composed by ...

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was a British composer who studied at the Royal College of Music and had early success at Gloucester Festival with his 1898 ‘Ballade in A Minor’. Named after the ...

Young British composer Daniel Blumberg has won his first Oscar, taking home the 2025 Best Original Score award for The Brutalist. The 35-year-old also won the BAFTA last month for scoring the film ...