Norman Demuth
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Norman Demuth (born South Croydon, London, 15 July 1898; died Chichester, 21 April 1968) was an English composer and music academic.
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[edit] Life
Although Demuth studied for a time at the Royal College of Music, he was essentially self-taught.
He was greatly sympathetic to French music, and wrote a number of books about it and its composers, including Cesar Franck, Paul Dukas, Roussel, Charles Gounod, Maurice Ravel and French opera.
Between 1929 and 1935 Demuth was conductor of the Chichester Symphony Orchestra.
From 1930 he taught at the Royal Academy of Music, and latterly at the University of Durham. His pupils included Gordon Langford, and it was through his advice that he changed his name from Colman to Langford. Langford has said that he is sad to see Demuth has been neglected as a composer.[1]
[edit] Selected compositions
- Concerto for alto saxophone and military band
- Prometheus (ballet)
[edit] Selected books and aticles
- A Course in Musical Composition (4 volumes)
- Musical Trends in the 20th Century
- An Anthology of Musical Criticism
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Interview with Gordon Langford at musical-theatre.net, URL accessed April 2nd, 2008
