Music Manuscripts of Trevor Hold (1939-2004), Composer, 1957-2003

A collection of 128 Trevor Hold compositions, including vocal, keyboard, opera, choral, instrumental, and orchestral compositions arranged chronologically. Includes a catalogue of compositions, including a foreword giving biographical details of Hold, and a typed list of all the compositions in MS 1038.

Composer Trevor Hold was born in Northampton on 21 September 1939. He read music at Nottingham University and afterwards was Head of Music at Market Harborough Grammar School. He later became assistant lecturer in music at Aberystwyth from 1963 to 1965 and then lecturer in Music at Liverpool University from 1965 to 1970. He returned to the East Midlands in 1970 as Lecturer and Staff Tutor in Music in the Department of Adult Education at the University of Leicester, later becoming Senior Lecturer. He became widely-known in the world of East Midlands' music, composing for local schools and choirs, conducting, accompanying and running adult education classes. Regional literary connections and the influence of the midlands can be seen throughout his work. Hold enjoyed a succession of BBC performances of his latest works, notably his song cycles, given with leading artists more or less as they appeared. Hold’s output included piano music, chamber music, orchestral, choral music and dramatic music.

Arranged chronologically

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Archive donated by Sue Hold, wife of Trevor Hold Nottingham alumnus (BMus 1961) in April 2021.