Participate
in Gurney's World
The
Ivor Gurney Society exists to promote interest
and
enjoyment in the work of Ivor Gurney. Among its aims are to make
his music and poetry available to a wider audience by way of
performances,
readings, conferences, recordings and publications, and to enhance and
promote informed scholarship in all aspects of his life and work and in
his context, through the publication of a regular Newsletter and an
annual
Journal
(est.
1995).
Membership
in the U.K. (see
U.S.A.
below), which includes a free copy of the
Journal
and Newsletters, is £10 for Individual Membership, £4 for
Student
Membership, and £10 for Group or Library Membership, with
reductions
for retired members. For rates in Europe, the U.S.A., Canada, and
elsewhere, where there is an additional small charge for the extra
postage
and the costs of exchange, and for further details of the Society,
please
write to the Treasurer:
John Phillips
The
Ivor Gurney Society
Fairfields,
Clifford, Herefordshire HR3 5HD
England
Phone: 01497
831038
Email: jp-hay@beeb.net
Membership
in the U.S.A., which includes a free copy of the Journal and
Newsletters,
is $20. If you reside in the U.S.A, for details of the Society,
please
write to Pamela Blevins at pblevins@erols.com.
Permission to use or reprint various
Ivor Gurney materials, including music, poetry, correspondence,
photographs, etc. may be requested by contacting Anthony Boden (Email whitewings@tesco.net), Trustee
of the Ivor Gurney Estate.
Back-Issues
of the Journal
A
limited
number of Back-Issues of Ivor Gurney Society Journals are available. A
full set of six - 1995 to 2000 included - plus a free
copy of 'Towards a Bibliography' can
be
obtained for £22, inclusive of postage and packing. Please send a
cheque, made out to 'The Ivor Gurney Society', to the Society Treasurer, John
Phillips, The
Ivor Gurney Society,
Fairfields,
Clifford, Herefordshire HR3 5HD, England, Phone: 01497
831038, Email: jp-hay@beeb.net. Also
available - copies of David Goodland's
audiotape
of 70 Gurney poems: excellent value at £7 each."
U.S.A. Orders:
For purchases by persons living in the U.S.A.: A
full set of six Journals - 1995 to 2000 included - plus a free
copy of 'Towards a Bibliography' can
be
obtained for $50, or a single back-issue for $10, with a free copy of
the
Bibliography (both prices include shipping & handling). To order
and
obtain a mailing address for your US$ check (made out to 'Pamela
Blevins'),
please write to Pamela Blevins at pblevins@erols.com.
On
the Gurney Bibliography: This bibliography
(1996)
marks a substantial advance in recording the work and reception of Ivor
Gurney. It builds on the 1990 bibliography by Joy King and is
enriched
by contributions from Gurney enthusiasts in Britain, Norway and the
USA.
Its 539 entries are conveniently divided into sections on Gurney's
Original
Work, Performances and Recordings, the Critical Response and
Celebrations
and the Creative Response. Its index cross-references 1148 items,
enabling the user to track, for example, which songs have been most
popular,
which poems most discussed, who has reviewed what and where and who has
performed which songs. Despite its comprehensiveness, the editors
still regard this as a step Towards a Bibliography, and invite
those
interested in developing it further to send amendments and additions to
the Ivor Gurney Society Journal, care of ivor@gurney.net
Thornton,
Robert Kelsey Rought and George Walter. Ivor Gurney: Towards a
Bibliography.
Hay-on-Wye: Ivor Gurney Society, 1996.
Free
copies available! (Free with a purchase.)
A
Call for Help -- You can Help Too!
As
this first comprehensive Ivor Gurney Website is being constructed, your
help is requested and valued. Specifically, here is what is
needed:
Information
on Gurney Performances or Events [Details]
Inspirational
Essays on Gurney
Perspectives,
Opinions, or Commentary on Gurney [Examples]
Scanned
Images of Gurney, Recording Covers, Maps
Gurney-inspired
Art or Creativity
Sound
files or Midi files of Gurney's Music
Links
to other English composers
Favorite
Poems, Songs, Recordings
New
Citations for the Bibliography
Song
scores in Non-Published Keys
Non-Commercial
Recordings you have access to...
Contributors
will be honored with a Citation of their name on the Friends
of Gurney page.
Please
send materials via email to David Kenneth Smith at: ivor@gurney.net
Details
needed for Information on Gurney Performances or Events:
How to advertise
here?? Simply submit information about time (day, date, hour), place
(concert
hall/building, address, campus, city, state), participants (designate
voice
types, pianists, and instrumentalists), the title of the concert or
subject
of the event, sponsoring organization, the pieces by Gurney that are to
be performed as well as the other composers included (the more
information
the better), whether admission is charged, and a source for further
information,
via email to David Kenneth Smith at: ivor@gurney.net,
or to this address:
The
Ivor
Gurney Website
c/o Dr. David
Kenneth Smith
Department of
Music
Geneva College
3200 College Ave.
Beaver Falls,
PA 15010-3599
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