Robin Field

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Robin Field (16 September 1935 – 11 April 2024) was a British composer, a member of the Lakeland Composers group that also includes Arthur Butterworth, Gary Higginson and David Jennings.[https://www.lakelandcomposers.org.uk/index.htm The Lakeland Composers website]

Born in Redditch, Worcestershire, Field received early tuition from Hugh Allen in Worcester, then studied with James Murray Brown in London and Durham, and Thomas Pitfield in Manchester.[https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/composer/robin-field Biography, British Music Collection] Field combined his compositional activity with a full time career as an industrial chemist. He moved to the Lake District in 1962.John France. [https://landofllostcontent.blogspot.com/2015/01/robin-field-lake-district-composer.html Robin Field: Lake District Composer], Land of Lost Content, January 2015

His worklist of over 160 compositions includes a Violin Concerto, an Oboe Concerto, the Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Guillaume de Machaut for oboe and strings (North West Arts Award, 1971), eight String Quartets, three Piano Sonatas, choral music (such as O Magnum Mysterium, for mixed chorus and organ) and songs. Among the songs are several cycles, such as When I Was One and Twenty (Housman) and A Sudden Revelation (Kenneth Steven).[https://musicwebinternational.com/2024/11/robin-field-composer-an-obituary/ David Jennings. 'Robin Field: an obituary' at MusicWeb International, 21 November, 2024]