Anthony Hedges
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10 Bagatelles, Op.1563 Concert Miniatures, Op.1533 Humours, Op.1633 Impromptus, Op.1024 Diversions, Op.1195 Folksongs, Op.140C
Colloquy, Op.120D
Divertimento for String Orchestra, Op.45E
Epithalamium, Op.37Exchanges, Op.85F
Fantasy Sonata, Op.104Festival Dances, Op.64Flute Sonata, Op.109Flute Sonatina, Op.86Flute Trio No.1, Op.99I
I Sing the Birth, Op.100I'll Make Me a World, Op.114P
Piano Sonata No.1, Op.53Piano Sonata No.2, Op.154Piano Trio, Op.69Piccolo Divertimento, Op.158Prayers from the Ark, Op.67Psalm 104, Op.52R
Refractions 1, Op.106Refractions 2, Op.116Rhapsody, Op.44S
Scenes from the Humber, Op.80Sinfonia Concertante, Op.82Songs of Four Seasons, Op.128Symphony No.1, Op.57Symphony No.2, Op.132T
The Jackdaw of Rheims, Op.81The Lamp of Liberty, Op.155The Temple of Solomon, Op.78Trumpet Sonata, Op.137V
Variations on a Theme of Rameau, Op.34Viola Sonatina, Op.91WikipediaAnthony J. Hedges (5 March 1931 – 19 June 2019) was an English composer, the son of children's writer Sidney Hedges.
Hedges was born in Bicester, Oxfordshire, and studied music at Keble College Oxford, where his tutors included Thomas Armstrong. While on National Service for two years at Catterick (from 1955) he was a member of the Band of the Royal Signals Regiment. From 1957 he was a music lecturer at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow, and from 1962 a lecturer at The University of Hull (1962–94) where he was awarded an Hon.DMus. During his time in Glasgow he also contributed regular reviews and articles on music to The Glasgow Herald, The Scotsman, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph. While at Hull he met the poet Philip Larkin.
Often regarded primarily as a light-music composer due to the large number of recordings of his light orchestral music, (such as the popular Kingston Sketches of 1969), such works in fact represent only a small portion of his overall output. His orchestral works include two symphonies, a Sinfonia Concertante, concertinos for flute, horn, trumpet, bassoon, and the Variations on a theme of Rameau. There are numerous pieces for chorus and orchestra, including Bridge for the Living, (for which Philip Larkin wrote the text), The Temple of Solomon (a Huddersfield Choral Society commission), The Lamp of Liberty, (commissioned by Hull Philharmonic Orchestra for the Wilberforce bicentennary), I Sing the Birth (Canticles for Christmas) together with a number of large-scale works for massed junior choirs and orchestra which have been widely performed. Hedges' chamber-music output was also extensive, from solo to ensemble works and his vocal compositions equally numerous and varied. He also published a considerable amount of educational music.