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David Morgan Posted by John France on December 5, 2007, 3:06 pm 217.196.232.225 Does anyone know anything about David Morgan, composer - born 1933. I assume he is still alive as the Lyrita SRCD 318 recording does not give a 'death date'!! Does he still compose? His work - Contrasts is in my opinion a masterpiece!  Post a Response

Re: David Morgan Posted by John S. Gray on April 21, 2008, 6:59 pm, in reply to "David Morgan" 208.124.191.218 Unfortunately, Morgan left us in 1988. http://www.musiccentre.ca/apps/index.cfm?fuseaction=composer.FA_dsp_biography&authpeopleid=176&by=M  Post a Response

Re: David Morgan Posted by Jeffrey Davis on August 31, 2009, 10:02 pm, in reply to "Re: David Morgan" 81.107.70.205 I agree that Morgan's 'Contrasts' is a great work. Sadly the Lyrita CD with Morgan's equally fine Violin Concerto on does indicate his death in 1988. Had he lived longer I'm sure that we would have heard much more of him. I was sorry to see that he had passed away - a fine composer.  Post a Response

Re: David Morgan Posted by LaurenceWilde on May 26, 2009, 7:52 pm, in reply to "David Morgan" 62.94.3.41 I worked with David 1958-61 in Dorking. Later I met him in London during his time at the Academy. Then I was sent a paper cutting indicating that he had been in Prague, married a local girl who had died tragically after two years of marriage. He had then written a "Czech Requiem" and had had a work commissioned for the Proms. After that nothing. I would love to know where he is and what he's up to now.  Post a Response

Re: David Morgan Posted by Keith Davies Jones on September 13, 2009, 2:10 pm, in reply to "David Morgan" 24.77.167.81 David Morgan died in Belleville, Ontario, Canada in 1988. Apparently he was married at that time and had a child. After coming to live in Canada in 1981, he wrote Variations on a Theme of Walton on a U.K. commission and had considerable success with his music for symphonic band in the United States. In 1984, following the Canadian premiere of his Partita by the Kingston Symphony Orchestra, he worked with several groups from Queen's University. In 1986, both the Violin Concerto and Contrasts were broadcast on the CBC programme Off the Record. Events in 1987 included the world premiere of Interludes and Canzonas for brass quintet, Sonata for Chamber Orchestra by the CJRT Orchestra at York University, Soliloquy for solo guitar and the Canadian premiere of Concerto for Wind Orchestra.  Post a Response

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