David Vickerman Bedford (born 4 August 1937 in London), is a British composer and musician. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a He has written and played popular as well as classical music. Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music

Bedford studied music at the Royal Academy of Music under Lennox Berkeley, and later in Venice under Luigi Nono. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a well known conservatoire and one of the leading music institutions in the world Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley ( May 12, 1903 &ndash December 26, 1989) was an English Composer. Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the Luigi Nono ( January 29, 1924 – May 8, 1990) was an Italian Avant-garde Composer of Classical music In the late 1960s, he was engaged to orchestrate Kevin Ayers' album, Joy of a Toy, on which he also played keyboards. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Orchestration is the study or practice of writing Music for Orchestra (or more loosely for any Musical ensemble) or of adapting for orchestra music composed Kevin Ayers (born 16 August 1944 in Herne Bay, Kent) is an English Songwriter and major influential force in the English Joy of a Toy is the debut solo album of Kevin Ayers, a founding member of Soft Machine. This led to him playing keyboards with Ayers' band, The Whole World.

Through Ayers, he met Mike Oldfield, then The Whole World's bass guitarist. Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English Multi-instrumentalist Musician The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the In the 1970s he conducted and orchestrated Oldfield's Orchestral Tubular Bells album, an orchestral adaptation of the record that gave the Virgin record label its first major success. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The Orchestral Tubular Bells is an orchestral version of Mike Oldfield 's album Tubular Bells, arranged by David Bedford and recorded Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell He subsequently provided lead vocals for Mike Oldfield's cover of Don Alfonso, orchestrated Oldfield's soundtrack for The Killing Fields, and made a number of records for Virgin, some using orchestral players, others featuring Bedford's keyboards. Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English Multi-instrumentalist Musician "Don Alfonso" is the second UK single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music) The Killing Fields is a 1984 British film drama about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well He later worked with a wide variety of musicians, including A-ha, Billy Bragg, the Edgar Broughton Band, Elvis Costello, Lol Coxhill, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Roy Harper, Madness and Robert Wyatt. a-ha is a band from Norway. They initially rose to fame during the 1980s but have had continued success in the 1990s and 2000s Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957 in Essex, England) better known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician who The Edgar Broughton Band, founded in 1968 in Warwick, England, is an English Progressive rock group. Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry Lowen Coxhill, generally known as Lol Coxhill (born September 19, 1932, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England) is a free Frankie Goes to Hollywood ( FGTH) was a UK dance-pop band that were extremely popular in the mid 1980s For the comic book character see Roy Harper (comics Roy Harper (born June 12, 1941) is an English Madness are an English pop / Ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976 Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945 in Bristol) is an English Musician, and founding member of the influential

All this time, Bedford was also writing avant garde classical works. One of his better known works is Star Clusters, Nebulae and Places in Devon (1971), for chorus and brass instruments. For the musical composition see Chorale. A choir, chorale, or chorus is a Musical ensemble of Singers A brass instrument is a Musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a tubular Resonator. In With 100 Kazoos (1971), an instrumental ensemble is joined by the audience who are invited to play kazoos. A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. The kazoo is a simple Musical instrument ( Membranophone) that adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to a player's voice when one vocalizes into it This was quickly followed by the 1972 release on the Dandelion label of Nurses Song with Elephants, recorded at the Marquee Studios. Dandelion Records was a British Record label started in 1969 by the British DJ John Peel as a way to get the music he liked onto record Bedford again mixes classical ensemble with poems, voices and on one track, the use of twenty seven plastic pipe twirlers. The songs challenge the definition of music. There are five tracks on the album: "It's Easier Than It Looks", "Nurses Song with Elephants", "Some Bright Stars for Queen's College", "Trona" and "Sad and Lonely Faces". Bass guitar on the title song is played by Mike Oldfield and the final track features a poem by Kenneth Patchen that is sung by Kevin Ayers. Kenneth Patchen ( December 13 1911 &ndash January 8 1972) was an American Poet and Novelist. John Peel is included in the acknowledgements. John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio Bedford has combined skilled and non-skilled musicians in other works as well, with Seascapes (1986), for instance, combining a full symphony orchestra with school children, and Stories from the Dreamtime (1991) written for 40 deaf children and orchestra.

From 1969 to 1981, Bedford was Composer in Residence at Queen's College, London, and from 1968 to 1980 taught music in a number of London secondary schools. Queen's College is an all-girls English Independent school located in Harley Street, London. Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational Institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling known as Secondary education, takes He is noted for the large amount of educational music he has written for children. The musical notation he uses is often unconventional, frequently making use of graphics, thus letting his works be performed by children and others who cannot read conventional notation. See also Modern musical symbols Music notation or musical notation is any system which represents aurally perceived Music through the use Musical graphic notation is a form of Music notation which refers to the use of non-traditional symbols and text to convey information about the performance of a piece of music In 1996 he was appointed Composer in Association with the English Sinfonia. In 2001 he was appointed Chairman of the Performing Right Society, having previously been Deputy-Chairman. The Performing Right Society (often shortened to PRS) founded in 1914 is the Collecting society for UK Songwriters Composers and

In general, Bedford's music has a tendency to harmonic stasis, the main interest instead being created by shifting timbres and textures. In Western music, harmony is the use of different pitches simultaneously and chords actual or implied in Music. In Music, timbre (ˈtæm-bər' like timber, or, from Fr timbre tɛ̃bʁ is the quality of a Musical note or sound that distinguishes different In his music for voice, he has set many texts by the poet Kenneth Patchen. Kenneth Patchen ( December 13 1911 &ndash January 8 1972) was an American Poet and Novelist. To record his Song of the White Horse, lead soprano Diana Coulson had to inhale helium to be able to reach the highest notes towards the end of the piece. This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. Helium ( He) is a colorless odorless tasteless non-toxic Inert Monatomic Chemical

Science fiction has been a repeated area of interest for Bedford. The Tentacles of the Dark Nebula has words taken from Arthur C Clarke's short story Transcience. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008 was a British Science fiction Author, Inventor, and ^[1] The title of Star's End was taken from Isaac Asimov's Second Foundation. Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian Second Foundation is the third novel published of the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, and the fifth in the in-universe chronology ^[2] Rigel 9, was a collaboration with Ursula LeGuin. Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (ˈɝsələ ˈkroʊbɚ ləˈgwɪn (born October 21, 1929) is an American author ^[3]

David Bedford is the brother of the conductor Steuart Bedford, and the grandson of the composer, painter and author Herbert Bedford and the composer Liza Lehmann. Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures Steuart Bedford (born 31 July 1939, London) is a British Orchestral and Opera conductor Liza Lehmann ( 11 July 1862 - 19 September 1918) was an English Operatic Soprano and composer known for her vocal

Notes and References

• David Bedford Biography. Making Music. Retrieved on 2007-08-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital
• David Bedford Biography & Discography. ModernClassical. com. Retrieved on 2007-08-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital
• David Bedford Biography. Performing Right Society. Retrieved on 2007-08-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital

External links

• Transcript of an interview with David Bedford, originally published in the Kevin Ayers fanzine 'Why Are We Sleeping" in August 1994
• Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra The LSSO performed on the album Instructions for Angels