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  • Signs of the times: the Canterbury children’s operas of Alan Ridout

  • Nicholas Bannan
  • Journal:
    British Journal of Music Education / Volume 40 / Issue 2 / July 2023
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    09 November 2022, pp. 181-192
    Print publication:
    July 2023
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  • This article places in historical context the three operas written by Alan Ridout for the choir of Canterbury Cathedral during the 1960s. Analysis of these works and their gestation is presented as a microcosm representing wider developments in music education since then. The analysis weaves together personal recollections, authenticated through correspondence with teachers and other alumni involved, combined with the examination of archive material, and with musical and textual analysis. The works themselves remain fresh and worthy of performance today, while the intentions behind them represent a mirror through which the role of musical creativity in contemporary education will be considered.