Links   
... to related sites 

 

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

Sir Charles Mackerras - Havergal Brian Society President
Myer Fredman - a Havergal Brian Society Vice President, includes an interview with Rob Barnet which, inter alia, considers 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

Marco Polo 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 a CD of Brian's third symphony
Toccata Press - publishers of Havergal Brian on music and many other books on music
Ashgate Publishing - publishers of HB: Aspects of Havergal Brian

 

Music sites

ClassicalLink - fine music portal
Ludwigvanweb - excellent site:  sample, download and buy

 

 

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.

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

Classical Search
- a search engine dedicated to the worldwide classical music industry
Doctor Estrella's incredibly abridged dictionary of composers
- part of the Esther Boyer College of Music, Temple University, Philadelphia
Doctor Prestamo's music links
Duke University Libraries - Classical music resources  
Georgetown Preparatory School Music Department  

Search Beat - Modern music on the web
Paul James' Modern music review
Net Notes - an interesting, individual, list of classical music links
UK Index - a comprehensive listing of internet sites in the UK
University of Washington Music Library Reference Desk Internet Resources
World Wide Web Virtual Library - Classical Music Department

 

Thanks also to...

these sites for linking to this one

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

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

Wikiverse - the web encyclopaedia with a recent 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 - music magazine, edited by Malcolm Macdonald

 

... and finally

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


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