Diana McVeagh(born 6 September 1926,Ipoh)[1]is a British author on classical music. She has written a biography ofGerald Finziand several books onEdward Elgar.[2][3][4]McVeagh studied at theRoyal College of Musicin the 1940s and was assistant editor withAndrew PorteratThe Musical Times.[1][5]Since 2013 the North American British Music Studies Association awards a biennial Diana McVeagh Prize for Best Book on British Music.[6]
References
edit- ^abInternational Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory.Melrose Press. 1994. p. 695.
- ^McVeagh, Diana (2021).Gerald Finzi's Letters, 1915-1956.[S.l.]: Boydell Press.ISBN9781783275724.
- ^Tim Rayborn (6 April 2016).A New English Music: Composers and Folk Traditions in England's Musical Renaissance from the Late 19th to the Mid-20th Century.McFarland.ISBN978-0-7864-9634-1.
- ^McVeagh, Diana M. (2005).Gerald Finzi: his life and music.Woodbridge: Boydell Press.ISBN9781843831709.
- ^Paul-André Bempéchat (2005).Liber Amicorum Isabelle Cazeaux: Symbols, Parallels and Discoveries in Her Honor.Pendragon Press. p. 344.ISBN978-1-57647-091-6.
- ^"Diana McVeagh Prize for Best Book on British Music".North American British Music Studies Association.Retrieved16 December2020.