Walter Willson Cobbett
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Walter Willson Cobbett (1847-1937) was a British businessman and amateur violinist, and editor/author of Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. He also endowed the Cobbett Medal for services to Chamber Music.
Walter Cobbett was born in 1847 in Blackheath, England. He became an active supporter of music, and commissioned numerous works of chamber music from emerging and leading British composers of his time, including chamber works by Benjamin Britten, Frank Bridge, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arnold Bax, Eugène Goossens .
His two-volume encyclopedia of chamber music, published in 1929, is still considered the most comprehensive work on the subject today. His insightful, wry and occasionally caustic style makes for enlightening and delightful reading.
Cobbett died in London, England in 1937. His legacy is continued by the Cobbett Society, an organization devoted to rediscovering forgotten works of chamber music.
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- The Cobbett Society
- Four Cobbett Prizes awarded to Frank Bridge
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