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Roger Smalley: A Case Study of Late Twentieth-Century Composition by Christopher Mark. Ashgate, £60.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2013

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3 Oliver, Michael, ‘Miscellany’, in British Music Now: a Guide to the Work of Younger Composers, ed. Foreman, Lewis (London: Paul Elek, 1975), p. 167Google Scholar.

4 Mark mentions Alexander Goehr (b. 1932), Peter Maxwell Davies (b. 1934), Harrison Birtwistle (b. 1934), Nicholas Maw (1935-2009), Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936) and Gordon Crosse (b. 1937), but there are several other significant figures who qualify for inclusion, such as Hugh Wood (b. 1932), Justin Connolly (b. 1933), Anthony Gilbert (b. 1934), Bernard Rands (b. 1935), David Blake (b. 1936), Anthony Payne (b. 1936), David Bedford (1937-2011) and Edwin Roxburgh (b. 1937), for example.

5 Mark does not provide a discography, presumably on the perfectly justifiable grounds that it would soon be outmoded, but on the whole I think this is a decision to be regretted as a comprehensive listing of Smalley's recorded works would be of historical, and in the case of those still available for purchase, immensely practical value for the reader, especially in the absence of a CD accompanying the book (the production costs of which could surely have been accommodated within its asking price).

6 Tempo articles are listed on Gloria tibi Trinitas I in No. 91 (1970) and Pulses in Nos. 90 (1969) and 190 (1994), as well as Smalley's own writings on Birtwistle's Chorales for Orchestra in No. 80 (1967), on Birtwistle's Nomos in No. 86 (1968) and on Colin Mason in No. 100 (1974).

7 Walsh, Stephen, ‘Roger Smalley’, The Musical Times, 109 (1968), p. 131CrossRefGoogle Scholar.