Links   
... to related sites 

All links active as of 22 December 2011. Please report broken links.

 

Havergal Brian 

United Music Publishers publish all Brian's music, except the piano music which is available from the Havergal Brian Society
British Music Information Centre holds Brian scores:     search their database to locate them
Keele University holds the Havergal Brian Society's Archive of the composer

The Havergal Brian web ring, constructed by Tim Horwood
Tim Horwood's own site includes material on Havergal Brian as well as Harold Truscott and Josef Holbrooke
Langdon Jones - includes an article on The Gothic
Havergal Brian Society - contacts

 

British composers

Bantock Society
Arnold Bax Society

Elgar Society
Robert Simpson Society

Arthur Bliss Society

 

Artists

Myer Fredman - a Havergal Brian Society Vice President, includes a biography mentioning Brian
London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Leopold Stokowski - conductor of the world premiere of Symphony no. 28 in 1973 

 

 

 

Record companies and publishers

 

Naxos has released seven CDs of Brian's symphonies and other orchestral music
EMI Classics has released two CDs  of Brian symphonies
Hyperion Records has released CDs of Brian's Gothic and third symphonies
Toccata Press - publishers of CDs, plus Havergal Brian on music and many other fine books
Ashgate Publishing - publishers of HB: Aspects of Havergal Brian

 

 

Music sites

 

ClassicalLink - fine music portal

Classical Archives - features, introductions, downloads

Classical.com - specialist music listening and downloads

 

 

 

Website directories

Between them, these sites provide a huge number of links to composers', performers' and other music websites, as well as often offering their own takes on composers and music generally.  The HBS is grateful to each of them for including a link to our site.

Music Web International - huge resource for links

AcoustiCDigest - a large site, far more than just links
Big Bands Database Plus - see Links page

British Music Society
Cadenza resources for classical and contemporary musicians 
Classical Composers' Database 

Classical Music Composers Database
British and Irish Composers index
Classical Net - another vast site, probably the most comprehensive on the internet

Doctor Estrella's incredibly abridged dictionary of composers

Duke University Libraries - Classical music resources  

Search Beat - Modern music on the web
University of Washington Music Library Reference Desk Internet Resources

MP3 Music Directory - a classical music directory

 

Thanks also to...

these sites for linking to this one

Viteslava Kaprálová Society website 
Sergei Prokofiev website 
Tore F Steenslid
's classical music pages
Willow Pond homepage - an American chamber music ensemble

Shoreham-by-Sea website - Brian lived in Shoreham in the latter part of his life

Wikipedia - the web encyclopaedia with a reference page on Brian

 

More useful links

Gramophone - font of all wisdom regarding recorded music, contains online reviews of most Brian discs 
Music & Vision - an excellent internet music magazine in daily parts
Operissimo
- more operas than you can possibly imagine (including Brian's!)
Tempo - quarterly music magazine, edited by Malcolm MacDonald

New England Conservatory of Music - one of the premier US centres of musical excellence

... and finally

Jeremy Marchant - designer/creator of the original Havergal Brian Society website, and composer manqué

Martyn Becker  - your webmaster


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