The Cobbett Association for Chamber Music Research was founded in 1980, with the objective of disseminating information about lesser known chamber music of merit.
It was named after
Walter Willson Cobbett
Walter Willson Cobbett (11 July 184722 January 1937) was an English businessman, amateur violinist and an influential patron of British chamber music from the decade before World War I until his death in 1937. He was an innovative and astute b ...
, an amateur violinist and author/editor of ''Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music''. During its existence, the Association published a periodical, ''The Chamber Music Journal'', under the general editorship of R.H.R. Silvertrust, which was dedicated to presenting information about the chamber music of lesser known composers. The Association ceased operations in 2010.
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The Cobbett Association*{{usurped,
The Chamber Music Journal}
Chamber music
Music organizations based in the United States
1990 establishments in the United States
2010 disestablishments in Illinois