Bill Tamblyn, "The School of Bernard Huijbers: Bill Tamblyn in Conversation with Tony Barr", 2021-11-28

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Staff Only

Scope and Contents

§ The Back Story The Context The Impact of Huijbers on the English Church a) around the time of Vatican II b) applying the principles c) resources for worship § The Bernard Huijbers Praxis a) The Performing Audience b) elementary music: melody, rhythm and formula technique c) form follows function d) integration e) idiom and forms

§ The Need of a Critical Catalogue

Dates

2021-11-28

Creator

Tamblyn, Bill (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Bill Tamblyn, acknowledged as the grandfather of post-Vatican II English Church Music in the UK., was Head of the Colchester Institute School of Music and Professor emeritus of the East Anglia University/Polytechnic. He taught liturgical music to BA, MA and doctoral candidates. He was commissioned by the Bishops Committee on the Liturgy to travel the dioceses of England and Wales to introduce the new ritual music of liturgy. Colleague and Huijbers scholar since 1970, he remains a leading British composer, educator, author and musicologist. In retirement, he is a bee custodian for local farms and continues to teach music throughout the rural and urban communities of East Anglia. He directs performances and recordings of various choral groups under the title of Quire.