Publications and lectures
Books
| Title | Publication | Language | Description |
| Liturgisk orgelspill | Stavanger, 1996 | Norwegian | A textbook on organ music |
| Voll kyrkje 1896-1996 | Måndalen, 1996 | Norwegian | (joint author with Aa. Wold og A. Bø) On local history and culture, including a section on music |
| Joyful Noise? The Why, What and How of music in church. With Foreword by former Archbishop George Carey. | Holy Trinity Press, 2006. ISBN 0-9554393-0-2 | English |
A handbook and rationale on church music
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| Fra Middelalderen til Mozart | To be published by a Norwegian university press in late 2008 | Norwegian |
A new perspective on music history
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| Sŵn y delyn aur: llawlyfr cerddoriaeth mewn eglwys a chapel | Forthcoming | Welsh | Church music in Wales |
Contributory author of books
| Title | Publication | Language | Description |
| Aspects of keyboard music | Oxford, 1986/92 | English | Chapter on the development of concertos. |
Articles
| Title | Journal | Publication | Description |
| William Smethergell, Organist | Musical Times | cxxiv (June 1983), 381-84 |
Detailed biography of hitherto unfamiliar rococo composer
Copy available here (PDF) |
| An eighteenth-century Lichfield Music Society | Music Review | xliv (1983), 83-86 |
The rules, activities and library holdings examined in the light of formerly unpublicised manuscripts, subscription lists, etc.
Copy available here (PDF) |
| Plagiarism, fiddles and tarantulas | Musical Times | cxxv (June 1984), 325-27 |
The story of which pieces of music could cure tarantula bites was circulated for hundreds of years and surfaced in otherwise authoritative works of history, music and medicine.
Copy available here as web page or PDF file |
| Kirkemusikalsk senter på Soltun | Norsk Kirkemusikk | L (February 1997), 18-19 | Short account of the newly-established Church Music Course Centre at Soltun College |
| Articles | The Revised New Grove | (London 1999-2000) | Articles on 18th-century English music |
| Articles | Die Musik in Geschichte & Gegenwart | Basel, 1996-2001 | Articles on 18th-century English music |
| Fugl i en Fiss, eller katt i en sekk? Orgelkjøpet som gikk bra til slutt. | Norsk Kirkemusikk | L (April 1997), 5-13 |
The building in 1841 and later vicissitudes of a Danish organ casts unexpected light on local history.
Copy available here (PDF) |
| Seraphic Lays': Thomas Chilcot 1707-1766 | Hexachord: The Journal of Early Music Wales | vol II no. 2 (February 2000), 4-13 |
In connection with the publication of a new Chilcot CD, the article examines Chilcot as song composer and throws some new light on his music collection.
Copy available here (PDF) |
| Noen refleksjoner om rekruttering og utdanning av kirkemusikere | Norsk kirkemusikk | liv (February 2001), 4-12 |
Conclusions from several years' work on curriculum and course development.
Copy available here |
| Kilder til finansiering av konserter | Norsk kirkemusikk | liv (March 2001), 9-13 |
Local, national and international sources of funding for music festivals and concerts.
Copy available here |
| A tale of deception | Choir and Organ | x (January/February 2002) | A historic organ saved from destruction by deception in the 1920s. |
| Kirkemusik-konsulent på nordnorsk | Norsk Kirkemusikk | lv (January 2002),12-16 |
An account of the steps taken in Northern Norway to improve recruitment and degree-level training in music, and how this relates to the rest of Norway.
Copy available here |
| Taking the lead | Choir and Organ | xii (May/June 2004) 18-21 | Aspects of hymn playing |
| Articles | The Organ: An Encyclopedia (ed. Douglas Bush) |
New York: Routledge 2005
ISBN: 0415941741 |
Articles on organ history |
| The twelve harpsichord concertos of Thomas Chilcot | Early Keyboard Journal | Vol 23 (2005), 33-66 |
Substantial article on Chilcot's two collections of keyboard concertos
Copy available here (PDF) |
| Kirkemusikk, kultur og kantor | Norsk Kirkemusikk | lviii (August 2005), 12-17 | An attempt at fundamental definitions of church music and musicians |
| Orgelet - et hellig instrument? | Norsk Kirkemusikk | lviii (September 2005), 11-18 | Must churches have organs? |
| Noen tanker rundt salmeseddelen | Norsk Kirkemusikk | lviii (October 2005), 36-40 | Do hymns have a future? |
| Nytt orgel i Nordreisa | Norsk Kirkemusikk | lviii (December 2005), 4-8 |
Consultant's rationale and description of a new organ in Northern Norway
Copy available here (PDF) |
Proposed articles 2008
- "Reactions to the introduction of the organ as a liturgical instrument"
Explores diaries, newspapers, sermons and other sources, as well as examining the music composed for church organ.
- “An 18th-century music library “
Writing jointly with Edward Yescombe
Newly-discovered catalogue compiled by astronomer / composer William Herschel sheds new light on one of 18th-century England's largest private music libraries, once owned by Wm. Boyce and partly last seen in 1912.
- “William Felton“
Jointly with Jolyon Felton
New light on an 18th-century British cleric/composer.
- “Vivaldi arrangements in Anne Dawson’s Book”
A comparison between the Anne Dawson arrangements and Bach’s arrangements of the same works shows how the English understanding of Italian style affected compositional technique.
Proposed editions 2008
- Collection of 18th-century British keyboard concertos
Translations
of museum catalogues etc. from Norwegian to Englishcontributed to translation of D.J. Grout's History of Western Music into Welsh for University of Wales
Compositions and editions
Collections of organ music published by Cantando Musikkforlag in Stavanger, Norway: some works re-published in Germany and Sweden. Also critical scholarly editions of historical works.Edition of William Smethergell's Favorite Concerto (1784) downloadable here (PDF file 1.81 MB - requires Acrobat Reader).
Miscellaneous
Editor, illustrated calendar: Scandinavian organs (Cantando musikkforlag, 1997). With historical information about composers and organ builders.Keynote speeches at national conferences
- Tromsø, Norway (Conference on course structures, University College Tromsø, 2000)
- Stockholm, Sweden (Conference on training for church careers, organised by the Church of Sweden, 2000)
- Tromsø, Norway (Conference organised by government funding agency. Lecture: "How to write a successful bid for funding e-learning", 2001)
Other music conference papers, public lectures, etc.
- Regular guest lecturing at universities and colleges, including Oxford (Faculty of Music and Jesus College), Manchester and Trondheim. (University).
- "The excellent art of voluntary": 18th-century English organ music (NWOA 22.09.84)
- "Anne Dawson's Book" (Boxhill Summer School, Surrey, 31.07.85)
- "Bach's Orgelbïchlein" (Boxhill Summer School, Surrey 04.08.86)
- "Thomas Chilcot and the concerto" (Boxhill Summer School, Surrey, 06.08.86)
- "Thomas Chilcot's music" (Boxhill Summer School, Surrey, 30.07.87)
- "Norwegian organ music" (Boxhill Summer School, Surrey 25.07.88)
- "Welsh music tutor books 1700-1800" (Boxhill Summer School, Surrey, 29.07.88)
- "The organ concerto in eighteenth-century Britain", (British Institute of Organ Studies Conference, 1-4 August 1988)
- "The problems of playing the complete organ works of J.S. Bach" (Boxhill Summer School, Surrey, 05.08.89)
- "Distaw Bach" - 10 lecture-recitals on Bach performance (Prichard-Jones Hall, Wales 1989)
- "Nid chwarae Bach" - 10 lecture-recitals on organ music (Prichard-Jones Hall, Wales 1989)
- "Nodau perfformio'"- 10 lecture-recitals on performance practice (Prichard-Jones Hall, Wales, 1990)
- Lectures at Diocesan and regional events in Norway
- Paper on e-learning methods in music at "Investigating Music Performance" conference (Royal College of Music, London, 12-13 April 2002)
- "The future of church music" (University of York, 8 May 2006) text available here
- "Music as a language" (Introductory lectures, Keswick Arts Festival, 17 May 2006) downloadable here (PDF file - requires Acrobat Reader).
