Writings
It is now three years since I attempted to bring about some form of organisation to the Composer-Publisher concept for it was clear that whilst some composers had been publishing their own works for several years (Lopes Edition, Joad Press, Kronos Press among others) and had acquired great expertise, others who were beginning to realise the benefits were approaching the Composers’ Guild for practical information that it was not in a position to give.
The BBC has been for many decades the most prolific promoter of contemporary music of all kinds; an organisation that is the envy of millions in countries all over the world...
Listening, composing and performing are the foundation of Projects, Patric Standford’s exciting, practical composition manual that meets the varied demands of ‘A-level’ and undergraduate courses.
a musical tale for children with narrator
There was a time when music was regarded as a mystery...
When we think we know the circumstances of a composer's life that produced a particular mood in the music we are more often than not deluding ourselves.
Patric considers what composers are now for?
Sir Colin Davies said he would far rather people left the concert hall thinking about the music rather than the people playing or directing it.
The recorder, an instrument with a long history, that needs composers to challenge its potential.
It seems both interesting and curious that whilst our classical concert programmes are packed tightly with music written in the 18th and 19th centuries, the popular literary diet is not!