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WILLIAM LOVELOCK'S
SUITE for BRASS QUINTET
(1969)
WILLIAM LOVELOCK
William Lovelock was born on 13 March 1899 at Kennington Park, London. He attended Emanuel School, Battersea, and started learning to play the organ when he was 12. At 16 he won an organ scholarship to Trinity College of Music. His teachers were Charles William Pearce and the composer Henry Geehl, whose enthusiasm for band music and for writing for lighter entertainment, as well as in traditional genres, influenced him deeply. After serving as an artilleryman on the Western Front in World War I, he taught at Trinity from 1919 and played the organ at St. Clement Eastcheap (1919-23).
William Lovelock moved to Australia in 1956 to accept a position as the first director of the Queensland State Conservatorium of Music, a position he resigned in 1959 after only three years. Choosing to stay in Brisbane, he became the chief music critic for the Courier-Mail, and intensified his output as a composer. Lovelock's compositions ranged from teaching pieces for children to full-scale orchestral, choral, brass, and military band works, including concertos for piano, wind instruments, harp, and organ.
Several of his major works, including flute and tuba concertos and a trombone concertino, have survived as part of the permanent musical repertoire in Australia. Some, like Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (1970), are among the most familiar Australian symphonic music pieces of that period. William Lovelock composed three works for brass quintet: Miniature Suite for Brass Quintet, composed in 1967 for the Laiton Brass Quintet of Brisbane; Suite for Brass Quintet (1969), composed for the American Brass Quintet following its first Australian concert tour in 1968; and his Brass Quintet No. 3 written in 1975.
After the death of his wife in December 1981, Lovelock returned to England. Survived by his son, he died on 26 June 1986 at Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire.
William Lovelock moved to Australia in 1956 to accept a position as the first director of the Queensland State Conservatorium of Music, a position he resigned in 1959 after only three years. Choosing to stay in Brisbane, he became the chief music critic for the Courier-Mail, and intensified his output as a composer. Lovelock's compositions ranged from teaching pieces for children to full-scale orchestral, choral, brass, and military band works, including concertos for piano, wind instruments, harp, and organ.
Several of his major works, including flute and tuba concertos and a trombone concertino, have survived as part of the permanent musical repertoire in Australia. Some, like Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (1970), are among the most familiar Australian symphonic music pieces of that period. William Lovelock composed three works for brass quintet: Miniature Suite for Brass Quintet, composed in 1967 for the Laiton Brass Quintet of Brisbane; Suite for Brass Quintet (1969), composed for the American Brass Quintet following its first Australian concert tour in 1968; and his Brass Quintet No. 3 written in 1975.
After the death of his wife in December 1981, Lovelock returned to England. Survived by his son, he died on 26 June 1986 at Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire.
To listen to the
Annapolis Brass Quintet
perform
William Lovelock's
Suite for Brass Quintet
(1969)
1. Fanfare 2. Meditation 3. Toccata 4. Finale
(Duration 11' 13")
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Annapolis Brass Quintet
perform
William Lovelock's
Suite for Brass Quintet
(1969)
1. Fanfare 2. Meditation 3. Toccata 4. Finale
(Duration 11' 13")
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(There may be a slight delay before sound begins.)
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The score and parts for William Lovelock's Brass Quintet, along with the entire ABQ music library, are available for research and performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
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The score and parts for William Lovelock's Brass Quintet, along with the entire ABQ music library, are available for research and performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
For direct access to the Annapolis Brass Quintet Special Collection @ Oberlin Conservatory
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