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Diana McVeagh (born 6 September 1926,
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) is a British author on classical music. She has written a biography of Gerald Finzi and several books on
Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...
. McVeagh studied at the
Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including pe ...
in the 1940s and was assistant editor with Andrew Porter at ''
The Musical Times ''The Musical Times'' was an academic journal of classical music edited and produced in the United Kingdom. It was originally created by Joseph Mainzer in 1842 as ''Mainzer's Musical Times and Singing Circular'', but in 1844 he sold it to Alfr ...
''. Since 2013 the North American British Music Studies Association awards a biennial Diana McVeagh Prize for Best Book on British Music.


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