Stephen Dodgson

Stephen Dodgson (born in London 17 March 1924)^[1] is a British composer and broadcaster.

Biography

During World War II, he served in the Royal Navy. From 1947 to 1949, Dodgson studied at the Royal College of Music, where he later taught composition. In 1950, he visited Italy on a travelling scholarship, after which he taught in various schools and colleges for a number of years. From 1957 he has broadcast regularly on BBC Radio. In 1986 he became chairman of the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain, for which he has written several pieces.^[2]

Dodgson has written music covering a number of genres, but he is perhaps best known for his guitar music. In addition to a large number of solo works, amongst which are six virtuoso piano sonatas,^[3] this includes ensemble pieces and two concertos. Guitarists who have had works dedicated to them by Dodgson include Julian Bream, Gabriel Estarellas, Angelo Gilardino, Nicola Hall, John Williams, the Eden-Stell Duo and the Fragnito-Matarazzo Duo.

Dodgson is related to Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), and is his closest living relative to have the surname Dodgson.

Selected works

Orchestral

• Concerto No. 1 for Guitar and Orchestra (1956)
• The Mikado (Overture) (1962)
• Concerto No. 2 for Guitar and Orchestra (1972)
• Last of the Leaves (1975) for bass, clarinet and strings
• Duo Concerto for Violin, Guitar and Strings (1990)
• Concerto for Flute and Strings (1991)
• Concertino for 2 Guitars and Strings (1998)

Guitar ensemble

• Personent Hodie (1981)
• Divertissement (1983) for violin and guitar ensemble
• Hymnus de Sancto Stephano (1983) for soprano and guitar ensemble
• The Selevan Story (1992) for flute, violin, guitar duo and guitar ensemble
• Watersmeet (2002)

Chamber

• Sonata (1952) for viola and piano
• Pastoral Sonata (1953; rev. 1959 & 1998) for flute, cello and guitar
• Suite (1957) for brass septet
• Duo (1958) for flute and harp
• Four Poems of John Clare (1962) for voice and guitar
• Sonata (1963) for brass quintet
• Four Fancies (1964) for viola and piano
• String Trio No. 2 (1964)
• Piano Trio No. 1 (1967)
• Duo Concertante (1968) for guitar and harpsichord
• Suite in D (1972) for oboe and harpsichord
• Piano Trio No. 2 (1973)
• Quintet (1973) for guitar and string quartet
• Duo (1974) for cello and guitar
• Shine and Shade (1975) for recorder and harpsichord/piano
• Dialogues (1976) for guitar and harpsichord
• Bagatelles (1977) for four clarinets
• London Lyrics (1977) for voice and guitar
• Caprice after Puck (1978) for viola solo
• Follow the Star (1979) for three guitars
• Capriccio (1980) for flute and guitar
• Quatre rondeaux de Charles d'Orléans (1982) for soprano and harpsichord
• Sonata for Three (1982) for flute, viola and guitar
• In Search of Folly (1986) for flute and guitar
• Fantasia for Six Brass (1987)
• Promenade I (1988) for two guitars
• Pastourelle (1992) for two guitars
• Riversong (1994) for two guitars
• Five Penny Pieces (1995)
• Daphne to Apollo (1997) for voice and guitar
• Echoes of Autumn (1998) for viola and guitar
• High Barbaree (1999) for recorder, guitar and harpsichord
• Piano Trio No. 3 (2000)
• Venus to the Muses (2002) for soprano, recorder, bassoon and harpsichord
• Warbeck Trio (2002) for recorder, bassoon and harpsichord

Solo guitar

• Partita No. 1 (1963)
• Studies (1965)
• Fantasy-Divisions (1969)
• Partita No. 2 (1976)
• Legend (1977)
• Merlin (1978)
• Etude-Caprice (1980)
• Partita No. 3 (1981)
• Stemma (1988)
• Three Attic Dances (1989)
• Partita No. 4 (1990)
• The Midst of Life (1994)

Other solo instrument

• Piano Sonata No. 1 (1959)
• Piano Sonata No. 2 (1975)
• Piano Sonata No. 3 (1983)
• Piano Sonata No. 4 (1987)
• Piano Sonata No. 5 (1992)
• Piano Sonata No. 6 (1994)
• Inventions for harpsichord
• The Faery Beam Upon You (1994) for alto flute
• Bagatelles for Piano (1998)
• Cor Leonis (1990) for solo French horn

References

• Oxford Music Online, Dodgson, Stephen (article by Malcolm Miller)

Notes

External links

• Piano Trios & Bagatelles Bernard Roberts Piano Trio
• Piano Sonatas Volume 1 Bernard Roberts
• Piano Sonatas Volume 2 Bernard Roberts
• Biography on Cadenza Music
• Stephen Dodgson on Classical Composers' Database
• Biography on ABRSM publishing