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No. 1 (October 1958)

  • Table of Contents
  • Pages 1-2: Editorial
  • Pages 2-7: Gordon Jacob, Obituary: "Ralph Vaughan Williams" [Pages 2-6]; "Joseph Holbrooke" [Page 7]
  • Pages 8-10: Report of a Meeting Between the Guild and the B.B.C
  • Pages 10-12: Guy Warrack, "Catalogue Volume 1" [Report]
  • Pages 13-19: Edmund Rubbra, "Letter to a Young Composer"
  • Pages 19-26: [A Chartered Accountant], "Income Tax and the Composer and Musician"
  • Page 27: Richard Arnell, "Ballet Contracts"
  • Pages 28-29: Peter Tahourdin, "Word About Music"
  • Pages 30-32: John Gardner, "Are M.S.S. Insurable?"
  • Page 33: Correspondence
    • Robert Still
  • Page 34: "Wanted: An Opera"
  • Page 35: "White Rock Bottom"
  • Pages 36-52: Regional Reports
    • Pages 36-40: Arthur Butterworth, "The North of England"
    • Pages 40-43: Norman Fulton, "The West of England"
    • Pages 44-45: Robert Crawford, "Scotland"
    • Pages 46-49: David Wynne, "Wales"
    • Pages 50-52: Douglas Lilburn
  • Page 53: New Members
  • Page 54-55: Competitions

No. 2 (March 1959)

  • Table of Contents
  • Pages 1-2: Editorial
  • Pages 3-5: Steuart Wilson (Sir), "Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, O.M., October 12th 1872 – August 26th 1958" [Reprinted from the January 1959 issue of Music & Letters]
  • Pages 6-11: Roy Douglas, "V.W.'s Scores" [Reprinted from the R.C.M. Magazine]
  • Pages 12-14: Adrian Boult (Sir), "Vaughan Williams as seen by a Conductor"
  • Pages 14-16: Gerald Cockshott, "Informal Sessions at 'The White Gates'
  • Pages 16-18: Terence Kermode, "Vaughan Williams' Place in a Layman's Listening"
  • Pages 18-20: Elizabeth Maconchy, "Vaughan Williams as a Teacher"
  • Page 21: Thomas Pitfield, "Pilgrim's Progress (Quatrain on the Death of Vaughan Williams"
  • Pages 21-22: Greenhouse Allt (Dr.), "Dr. Martin Shaw"
  • Page 23: "Regional Report: Eastern Canada"
  • Pages 24-25: Adrian Cruft, "Insurance of M.S.S."
  • Page 26: Graham Whettam, "Insurance of M.S.S – continued"
  • Page 27: "Travel in Greece"
  • Page 28: "Operatic Subjects"
  • Page 28: [Request by Mr. F.H. Vauville-Wright for information on composers Charles Arthur Rawlings and Alfred William Rawlings]
  • Pages 29-31: Letters
    • Page 29: Graham Whettam, "Music for Dance"
    • Page 30: Ernest Tomlinson, "Orchestration M.S. Paper"
    • Pages 30-31: Ernest Tomlinson, "Public Attitude to Serious Music"
  • Page 31: "Are Pigs better cared for than Music?"
  • Page 31: "Exhausted Composers"
  • Pages 32-45: Member News
  • Page 46: New Members
  • Page 47: Executive Committee List

No. 3 (October 1959)

  • Table of Contents
  • Pages 1-3: Editorial
  • Page 3: Rutland Boughton, "Tribute to R.V.W."
  • Pages 4-5: Stanford Robinson, "Haydn Wood: An Appreciation"
  • Pages 5-6: Eric Maschwitz, "Hans May: An Appreciation"
  • Pages 6-7: William Alwyn, "Dr. Hubert Clifford"
  • Pages 7-10: "Report on Meeting with B.B.C. held on 10th July 1959"
  • Page 10: Guy Warrack, A John Ireland Concert"
  • Page 11: "Sir Thomas Beecham's Offer"
  • Pages 11-14: Joan Kemp Potter, "The Present Needs of Amateur Operatic Societies"
  • Pages 14-16: Ben Norris, "Film Composers – Rights"
  • Pages 17-22: "A Survey of Publishing in its Relation to Contemporary Music"
    • Pages 17-18: Leonard Salzedo, "Publishing My Own Music"
    • Pages 19-20: James Haylock-Eyre, "Reproduction of Sheet Music"
    • Pages 21-22: [A Member of the Executive Committee], "Vigilance! Eternal Vigilance!"
  • Pages 23-35: "The Publisher's Point of View"
    • Pages 24-25: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Pages 25-26: Chappell
    • Page 26: Chester
    • Pages 27-28: Curwen
    • Pages 28-30: Hinrichsen
    • Pages 30-31: Novello
    • Pages 31-32: Ricordi
    • Pages 33-35: Universal
  • Pages 35-49: Regional Reports
    • Pages 35-38: Arthur Butterworth, "The North of England"
    • Pages 39-40: David Wynne, "Wales"
    • Pages 40-43: Robert Crawford, "Scotland"
    • Pages 43-45: Douglas Lilburn, "New Zealand"
    • Pages 46-47: A. R. Sibson, "Southern Rhodesia"
    • Pages 47-48: Marvin Duchow, "Eastern Canada"
    • Page 48-49: Barbara Pentland, "Performances of British works between May 1958 to March 1959"
  • Page 49: "Octogenarian Composer's Guild" [80th birthday notices for John Ireland and Cyril Scott]
  • Page 49: "Competition" [Notice for Wind Music Society of London wind orchestra composition competition]
  • Page 50: "Contradictory Critics"
  • Page 50: New Members

No. 4 (March 1960)

  • Table of Contents
  • Page 1: Editorial
  • Pages 2-3" Christopher Finzi, "Robin Milford (1903-1960)"
  • Pages 4-5: Alan Bush, "A Tribute to Rutland Boughton"
  • Pages 5-8: Steuart Wilson (Sir), "Rutland Boughton and Opera"
  • Pages 8-9: Elizabeth Maconchy, "Result of the Postal Ballot on the Films Question" [report by the Chairman]
  • Page 9: "A Song of Essex" [request by poet Gwen Mayhew to set her song of this title]
  • Pages 10-11: Stephen Dodgson, "A New Look for Future A.G.MS."
  • Pages 11-13: Eugene Goossens (Sir), "The American Orchestras and the Composer"
  • Pages 14-15: Iain Hamilton, "Music on Continental Radios"
  • Pages 15-16: Martin Cooper, "The Critic's Part"
  • Pages 16-18: Gerald Macdonald (General Manager and Secretary), "Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society: 'Musica Viva'"
  • Pages 19-21: Guy Warrack, "Endeavors Towards Copyright Reform"
  • Pages 21-23: Guy Warrack, "Conseil International de Compositeurs"
  • Pages 23-28: Peter Maxwell Davies, "Problems of a British Composer Today" [reprinted from the October 8, 1959 issue of The Listener]
  • Pages 29-34: Robert Simpson, "Thoughts on Composing" [reprinted from the December 10, 1959 issue of The Listener]
  • Pages 34-35: Anonymous, "Publishers Must Live"
  • Pages 35-36: Competitions
  • Page 36: New Members
  • Page 37: Gerald Cockshott, "The Innocent Ear"
  • Pages 37-47: Member News
  • Page 48: "A Warning" [about copying published material]
  • Page 48: "Repertoire of Wind Music" [call for items to be included in a list]
  • Pages 49-50: 1960 Executive Committee Information

Interim Issue (June 1960)

  • Table of Contents
  • Pages 1-2: Editorial
  • Page 2: Guy Warrack, "Jean Binet"
  • Pages 3-6: Accounts
  • Page 6: "Dr. Zoltán Kodály"
  • Pages 7: "University of London Library Scores and Recordings"
  • Pages 8-11: Discussion on Music in the Theatre (extract from the Minutes)
  • Pages 11-14: Harry L. Willis and Brian Dunn, "Compositions for Amateur Performance"
  • Pages 14-16: Discussion on the Problems Concerning Composers and Publishers (extract from the Minutes)
  • Pages 16-18: "Publishing Matters"
    • Page 16: Hire Fees
    • Page 17-18: Francis Chagrin, "Associated-Rediffusion and Publishing Rights"
  • Pages 18-19: "A Cautionary Tale"
  • Page 20: "An International Conference of Composers" [conference notice]
  • Pages 20-22: Robert Still, Comments on the article "Problems of a British Composer To-Day" by Peter Maxwell Davies"

No. 5 (October 1960)

  • Pages i-ii: Table of Contents
  • Pages 1-2: Peter Fricker, "Matyas Seiber"
  • Pages 3-4: Lamar Crowson, "Arthur Benjamin"
  • Pages 5-6: Cedric Cliffe, "Arthur Benjamin's Operas---a librettist's-eye view"
  • Pages 7-10: Steuart Wilson (Sir), "Dr. Armstrong Gibbs"
  • Pages 10-11: Guy Warrack, "C. Armstrong Gibbs"
  • Pages 12-14: Meeting With B.B.C.
  • Pages 14-15: Iain Hamilton, "International Conference of Composers; Stratford, Ontario"
  • Pages 15-16: The Gulbenkian Foundation [announcement of grants]
  • Page 17: New Music in London
  • Pages 18-50: "Survey of Contemporary Music and the Record Industry"
    • Pages 18-20: Preface and Comparison Abroad
    • Pages 21-26: Summary of Recordings in Britain
    • Pages 26-28: Recordings Under the Auspices of the British Council
    • Pages 28-29: British Council Recordings of Contemporary British Music Currently Available (Autumn 1960)
    • Pages 29-30: Summary of Deletions of British Council Recordings
    • Pages 30-33: Decca
    • Pages 33-36: E.M.I.
    • Pages 37-39: Philips
    • Pages 39-41: Argo
    • Pages 41-43: Lyrita
    • Pages 43-45: The World Record Club
    • Pages 45-48: John Mitchell, "Thoughts of a Record Dealer"
    • Pages 48-50: Composers' Recordings Incorporated
  • Page 50: Competitions
  • Pages 51-69: Regional Reports
    • Pages 51-52: James Butt, "West of England"
    • Pages 52-54: Heathcote Statham (Dr.), "East Anglia"
    • Pages 54-55: Christopher Edmunds, "Midlands"
    • Pages 55-58: Arthur Butterworth, "North of England"
    • Pages 58-60: Robert Crawford, "Scotland"
    • Pages 60-62: Raymond Warren, "Northern Ireland"
    • Pages 62-65: A.J. Potter, "Eire"
    • Pages 65-66: Stanley Glasser, "South Africa"
    • Pages 66-69: Douglas Lilburn, "New Zealand"
  • Pages 69-74: J.M. Thompson, "The Australian Composer in 1960"
  • Page 74: Gerald Cockshott, "Dmitri Shostakovich"
  • Page 75: Christopher le Fleming, "Contemporary Music (and Painting) in Berkshire"
  • Page 76: New Members

No. 6 (Spring 1961)

  • Table of Contents
  • Page 1: Editorial
  • Pages 1-3: Stanford Robinson, "Howard Carr" [Obituary]
  • Pages 3-6: Elizabeth Maconchy, "Visit to the U.S.S.R."
  • Pages 6-8: "Memorandum of the Composers' Guild of Great Britain: To the Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting"
  • Pages 8-9: David Brown, "Composer's Scores in the London University Library"
  • Pages 10-15: Everett Helm, "The Performer" [originally appearing in The World of Music, December 1960]
  • Pages 15-16: A.J. Potter, "Fairy Tale from the Erse"
  • Pages 16-18: Tristram Cary, "Electronic Muse?"
  • Page 18: Letter from Faber and Faber [by P.F. du Sautoy]
  • Page 19: News and Events
  • Pages 19-22: "A Short Symposium of Women Composers"
    • Pages 19-20: Elizabeth Maconchy
    • Pages 20-21: An anonymous composer's wife
    • Page 21: Grace Williams, "Grace Williams' Triad"
    • Pages 21-22: Ruth Gipps
  • Pages 22-33: Composers' Achievements

No. 7 Interim (Summer 1961)

  • Table of Contents
  • Page 1: Editorial
  • Pages 1-5: [Accounts]
  • Pages 5-14: Chairman's Reports
    • Pages 5-8: "Finance and the Future"
    • Pages 8-11: "Some Recent Work of the Guild"
    • Pages 11-14: "The Guild's Soviet Visitors"
  • Pages 14-18: Notices
    • Page 14: Letter from Mr. S. Glasser
    • Page 14: Death Notice for Leslie Woodgate
    • Page 15: Letter from James B. Crover [Music Librarian at Vassar College]
    • Page 15: Audrey Evelyn Bone
    • Pages 16-18: Fourth International Competition of Musical Composition, Organized by the Casino of Divonne-Les-Bains

No. 8 (Autumn 1961)

  • Table of Contents
  • Page 1: Editorial
  • Page 1: Advanced Notice of Annual Luncheon and General Meeting
  • Pages 2-5: BBC. Meeting with Mr. Glock
  • Pages 6-30: Regional Reports
    • Pages 6-7: "Some Notes from Australia"
    • Pages 7-9: Heathcote Statham, "East Anglia"
    • Pages 9-11: Boyd Neel (Dr.), "Report on Music in Eastern Canada"
    • Pages 11-14: Ronald Tremain, "New Zealand"
    • Pages 14-16: Arthur Butterworth, "North of England"
    • Pages 17-18: Raymond Warren, "Report from Northern Ireland"
    • Pages 18-21: A.R. Sibson, "Some Rhodesian Musical Developments" and "Report from Southern Rhodesia"
    • Pages 22-23: Robert Crawford, "Scotland"
    • Pages 24-26: Stanley Glasser, "Report from South Africa"
    • Pages 26-28: Robert Smith, "Wales"
    • Pages 28-30: James Butt, "Music in the West Country"
  • Pages 30-31: "Some Impressions of Those Who Entertained Our Visitors This Summer, Boris Lyatoshinsky and Kiril Molchanov"
    • Page 30: Mrs. Gena Hornstein
    • Pages 30-31: Elizabeth Maconchy
    • Page 31: Peter Racine Fricker
    • Page 31: David Lloyd-Jones
    • Page 31: Richard Arnell
  • Pages 32-33: The Films Sub-Committee – Composers' Guild
  • Pages 33-34: Graham Whettam, Letter to the Chairman and Executive Committee
  • Pages 35-40: Reginald Smith Brindle, Letter to the Editor: "A Challenge to the Guild"
  • Pages 40-44: Wilfred C. Smith, "British Music in Concert Programmes"
  • Pages 44-46: Guy Warrack, "Conseil International des Compositeurs"
  • Pages 46-47: Thomas Pitfield, "Sept. 1961 Standing Conference for Amateur Music"
  • Pages 47-49: A Guild 'Tourist-Group' to the USSR
  • Pages 49-50: Odds and Ends
  • Pages 50-51: Competitions
  • Page 51: New Orchestral Venture
  • Pages 52-53: Mark Lubbock, "Obituary: Leslie Woodgate"
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