Christopher Shaw (30 July 1924 – 27 September 1995)[1] was a British composer.
Shaw was born and lived in London, and studied at New College, Oxford, from 1942 through 1944 with R. O. Morris and Herbert Kennedy Andrews.[1] He wrote principally choral music, of which the most notable example may be the cantata Peter and the Lame Man for soli, chorus and orchestra, recorded in 1976 by Argo Records along with three shorter pieces. He also wrote some music criticism and translated opera librettos. He died at Gatehouse of Fleet, Galloway, Scotland, aged 71.
References
edit- ^ a b David Drew (2001). "Shaw, Christopher". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.25601. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
Further reading
edit- 'Christopher Shaw' by David Drew, in Musical Times, July 1963 (the issue included Shaw's motet for voices and organ, A Lesson from Ecclesiastes, as a musical supplement)
- 'A Note on Christopher Shaw' by Malcolm MacDonald in Lewis Foreman, ed. British Music Now: A Guide to the Work of Younger Composers (London: Paul Elek, 1975, ISBN 0-236-30933-1).
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