Lord Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
A collection of both manuscript and printed musical works by Phillip John Lord (1930-1969)
For further details of this collection, please see the listing in the External Documents section below.
Dates
- Creation: 1950 - 1968
Creator
- Lord, Phillip John, 1930 - 1969 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Available by appointment
Biographical / Historical
Phillip John Lord (1930-1969) was born in Lancashire, and studied music at the Royal Manchester College of Music (1948-1951), Manchester University (1948-1952) and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
After national service as a Russian translator in the Intelligence Corps, Lord became an Assistant Lecturer in Music at Aberdeen University in 1956, moving to a similar post in Sheffield in 1959, becoming Lecturer in 1960.
Lord produced a wide range of compositions between 1950 and 1968, as well as a number of scholarly writings. He was an experienced pianist, organist and conductor.
Phillip Lord died in 1969.
Extent
7 Box(es)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
As received
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
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