Christopher Shaw (composer)
Christopher Shaw (30 July 1924, London – 27 September 1995, Gatehouse-of-Fleet, Galloway, Scotland) was a British composer. He lived in London and 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.
Further reading
- '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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30 July 1924 |
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27 September 1995 |
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