Christopher Shaw (30 July 1924 – 27 September 1995)
was a British composer.
Shaw was born and lived in London, and studied at
New College, Oxford
New College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by Bishop William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as New College's feeder school, New College was one of the first col ...
, from 1942 through 1944 with
R. O. Morris and
Herbert Kennedy Andrews.
He wrote principally choral music, of which the most notable example may be the cantata ''Peter and the Lame Man'' for soli, chorus and orchestra, recorded in 1976 by
Argo Records
Argo Records was a record label in Chicago that was established in 1955 in music, 1955 as a division of Chess Records.
Originally the label was called Marterry, but bandleader Ralph Marterie objected, and within a couple of months the imprint w ...
along with three shorter pieces. He also wrote some music criticism and translated opera librettos. He died at
Gatehouse of Fleet
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...
,
Galloway
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, Scotland, aged 71.
References
Further reading
* 'Christopher Shaw' by
David Drew, in ''Musical Times'', July 1963 (the issue included Shaw's motet for voices and organ, ''A Lesson from Ecclesiastes'', as a musical supplement)
* 'A Note on Christopher Shaw' by
Malcolm MacDonald
Malcolm John MacDonald (17 August 1901 – 11 January 1981) was a British politician and diplomat. He was initially a Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP), but in 1931 followed his father ...
in
Lewis Foreman
Lewis Foreman (born 1941) is a musicologist and author of books, articles, programme notes and CD sleeve notes on classical music, specialising in British music. He has been particularly associated with the Dutton Epoch and Lyrita record labels ...
, ed. ''British Music Now: A Guide to the Work of Younger Composers'' (London:
Paul Elek
Paul Elek (1906–1976)["Paul Elek"](_blank)
Obituaries, ''AJR Information'', Association of Jew ...
, 1975, ).
External links
*http://www.singscript.plus.com/daviddrewmusic/shaw.htm
1924 births
1995 deaths
20th-century British classical musicians
20th-century British composers
Alumni of New College, Oxford
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