180:. However, most of his chamber music patronage took place after his retirement from business at the age of 60. Cobbett played weekly in a number of amateur string quartets, was concertmaster of two amateur orchestras, and was a prolific writer and publicist for chamber music. His two-volume encyclopedia of chamber music, published in 1929, is still considered the most comprehensive work on the subject today.
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Cobbett wrote of his own devotion to chamber music that "there opened out before me an enchanted world... I became a humble devotee of this infinitely beautiful art, and so began for me the chamber music life." He died in
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The parts must be of equal importance, and the duration of the piece should not exceed twelve minutes. Though the
Phantasy is to be performed without a break, it may consist of different sections varying in tempi and
531:(1929) was the result of four years of labour. In addition to his own extensive contributions, the two-volume survey includes articles by leading musicians and musicologists of the time, including
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was the closest to
Cobbett's ideal: "so exactly the phantasy as I conceived it that it may well serve as prototype to those who care to write in this form in the future", he said.
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But
Cobbett's heart was in music. "It has been humorously remarked that he has given to commerce what time he could spare from music," said an article in a contemporary edition of
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There were six competitions between 1905 and 1919, each asking for a specific type of composition. In addition to granting prizes, Cobbett also commissioned eleven
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in A Minor, unfortunately died following an asthma attack just a year after the prize was awarded. The full list of winners in the 1905 inaugural award were:
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The
Cobbett Competition (1905-1919) was instrumental in advancing the careers of leading composers of the time. However, the very first winner,
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professor Alfred Gibson (1849-1924), and the
Belgian violinist Hermann Sternberg. Specifically, he asked composers to submit what he termed a
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From 1920 until 1927 Cobbett began sponsoring a series of annual prizes for various forms of chamber music activity at the
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An innovative industrialist and astute businessman, Cobbett was cofounder of
Scandinavia Belting Ltd (today
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W.W. Cobbett's
Phantasy: A Legacy of Chamber Music in the British Musical Renaissance
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Andrew
Clements. 'Cobbett's Legacy: The New Cobbett Prize for Chamber Music', in
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for services to chamber music was established in 1924 - the first recipient was
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615:. Volume 1 (Third ed.). New York: The Macmillan Company. pp. 674-5 .
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in B Major, Op. 8; Frank Bridge, String
Quartet in G Minor (joint First Prize)
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In 1905, Cobbett endowed a competition, initially under the auspices of the
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music from the 16th and 17th centuries that
Cobbett had been studying, by
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were composed as a result over the next few decades. Of them all, the
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Scott, H. A. (H. A. S.) (1904). "Cobbett, Walter Wlilson". In
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Cobbett started a periodical on chamber music, called the
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Cobbett's Legacy: The New Cobbett Prize for Chamber Music
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for string quartet by Samuel Lewis was the first winner.
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from emerging and leading British composers of his time.
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Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot
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for string ensemble, meeting the following conditions:
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and Christina Bashford. 'Cobbett, Walter Willson', in
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Walter Willson Cobbett And The Chamber Music Phantasy
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772:Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music
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357:(for Folksong Fantasy): James Forrester,
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684:Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music
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436:for two violins and piano (1911)
202:Worshipful Company of Musicians
128:for services to chamber music.
823:People from Blackheath, London
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305:Prize winning works, 1905-1919
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553:Walter Willson Cobbett Medal
506:Cobbett Medal and Cyclopedia
798:English writers about music
711:IMSLP: Cobbett Competitions
673:, Corymbus, 3 November 2015
480:for violin and piano (1912)
470:for clarinet quintet (1912)
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409:for viola and piano (1911)
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563:Clements Memorial Prize
441:Phantasy String Quintet
424:Phantasy String Quintet
258:Phantasy String Quartet
243:Phantasy String Quintet
109:Walter Willson Cobbett
757:The Musician's Company
667:Simon Brackenborough.
541:Ralph Vaughan Williams
486:Royal College of Music
451:Phantasy Piano Quintet
443:with two violas (1912)
426:with two cellos (1911)
383:Commissions, 1910-1912
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492:The New Cobbett Prize
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132:Education and career
568:Charles Lucas Medal
558:Cobbett Association
206:Alexander Mackenzie
196:Cobbett Competition
190:Cobbett Association
593:Grove Music Online
377:The Enchanted Wood
287:Harry Waldo Warner
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430:Ethel Barns
245:of 1912 by
96:Businessman
90:Occupations
792:Categories
770:Review of
641:Obituary,
574:References
474:York Bowen
269:Haydn Wood
239:Phantasies
154:Blackheath
66:Blackheath
58:1847-07-11
695:Notes to
256:with his
68:, England
547:See also
500:Sequenza
478:Phantasy
468:Phantasy
458:Phantasy
407:Phantasy
397:Phantasy
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349:Phantasy
315:Phantasy
299:Phantasy
267:Second:
214:Phantasy
609:(ed.).
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221:rhythm.
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311:1905
289:and
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