Stephen Dodgson

Short bio Stephen Dodgson

Birthday: 1924 in London, England

Died: 2013

Active: 1950s - 2000s

Genre: Classical,International

Period: 20th Century, 21st Century, Contemporary, Modern

Full biography Stephen Dodgson

Stephen Dodgson was a British composer born on March 17, 1924, and passed away on April 13, 2013. He was highly regarded for his works that were idiomatically composed for a broad range of instruments, including the guitar. Dodgson had a unique imagination when it came to his music, and his works were often rich and complex, which made them both challenging and enjoyable to play.

Dodgson was a prolific composer and wrote music for many different ensembles, including voice, piano, orchestra, and chamber groups. Some of his music was even written specifically for youth orchestras, such as the Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain. He was a very significant composer for the guitar, and early in his career, he was asked to write a few folk-song settings, which led him to learn the guitar.

Dodgson's works were not only widely published but also recorded, meaning that his music has continued to be enjoyed by many people even after his death. While he is known primarily for his compositions, Dodgson was also an inspiration to other budding composers. He was known to have been very approachable, helping many younger composers as they were finding their feet.

Overall, Stephen Dodgson was a highly creative and skilled composer, whose works will continue to inspire and challenge musicians for many generations to come.

Compositions featuring Stephen Dodgson

#	Name	Duration	Genre	Year
1	Riley & Co., for baritone, recorder & guitar	17:20 min	Vocal Music	2009
2	Wind in the Reeds, for oboe, clarinet & bassoon	5:18 min	Chamber Music	2009
3	Five Minutes, for woodwind quintet	12:30 min	Chamber Music	2008
4	Romantic Pieces (2) for cello & piano (Set B)	11:31 min	Chamber Music	2008
5	Quintet for clarinet & string quartet	23:46 min	Chamber Music	2007
6	String Quartet No. 9	22:05 min	Chamber Music	2006
7	Roundelay, for cello & guitar ensemble	5:56 min	Chamber Music	2005
8	String Quartet No. 8	19:10 min	Chamber Music	2005
9	Duo for horn & harp	8:58 min	Chamber Music	2004
10	The Monk and His Cat, for soprano, recorder & piano	3:49 min	Vocal Music	2004
11	Quintet for flute & string quartet	14:48 min	Chamber Music	2003
12	Watersmeet, for solo guitar & guitar quartet	9:07 min	Chamber Music	2002
13	Concerto Chacony, for recorder & string orchestra	7:36 min	Concerto	2000
14	Piano Quintet No. 2	19:43 min	Chamber Music	1999
15	Bush Ballads, songs for baritone & piano, Series 2	17:08 min	Vocal Music	1998
16	Echoes of Autumn, for viola & guitar	5:44 min	Chamber Music	1998
17	Change-Ringers, for 4 guitars	6:23 min	Chamber Music	1996
18	Romantic Pieces (2) for cello & piano (Set A)	11:46 min	Chamber Music	1996
19	Sextet for 2 violins, 2 violas & 2 cellos	17:40 min	Chamber Music	1996
20	Baermann: The Sequel, for clainet & piano	6:28 min	Chamber Music	1995
21	Faery beam upon you, The: a nocturnal incantation for solo alto flute	4:43 min	Chamber Music	1994
22	Riversong, for 2 guitars	15:18 min	Chamber Music	1994
23	Essay for orchestra No. 7	17:00 min	Orchestral	1992
24	Pastourelle, for 2 guitars	7:10 min	Chamber Music	1992
25	The Selevan Story, for flute, violin, guitar duo & guitar ensemble	18:04 min	Chamber Music	1992
26	Countdown, suite for oboe & harp	13:45 min	Chamber Music	1990
27	Partita No. 4 for guitar	15:25 min	Chamber Music	1990
28	Promenade II, for wind quintet	10:18 min	Chamber Music	1988
29	Intermezzo for 4 guitars	3:45 min	Chamber Music	1987
30	Sonata for oboe & piano	14:57 min	Chamber Music	1987
31	String Quartet No. 2	25:30 min	Chamber Music	1987
32	Baermann's Treasure, introduction and 6 variations on a theme by Weber, for clarinet & piano	9:25 min	Chamber Music	1986
33	String Quintet	31:35 min	Chamber Music	1986
34	Essay for orchestra No. 5	13:24 min	Orchestral	1985
35	Inventions (6) for harpsichord, Set 4	21:24 min	Keyboard	1985
36	Partita for cello	17:32 min	Chamber Music	1985
37	Divertissement, for violin & guitar ensemble	16:24 min	Chamber Music	1984
38	Essay for orchestra No. 4	13:38 min	Orchestral	1984
39	Hymnus de Sancto Stephano, for soprano & guitar ensemble	5:01 min	Vocal Music	1983
40	Essay for orchestra No. 3	9:08 min	Orchestral	1982
41	Sonata for Three, for flute, viola & guitar	12:58 min	Chamber Music	1982
42	Essay for orchestra No. 2	12:21 min	Orchestral	1981
43	Personnent Hodie, fantasy for guitar ensemble	10:22 min	Chamber Music	1981
44	Essay for orchestra No. 1	13:10 min	Orchestral	1980
45	Margaret Catchpole -- Two Worlds Apart, chamber opera	175:14 min	Opera	1979
46	Caprice After Puck, for viola	14:20 min	Chamber Music	1978
47	Sonata for woodwind quintet	10:03 min	Chamber Music	1977
48	Gipsy Songs, for mezzo-soprano, clarinet & piano	16:49 min	Vocal Music	1976
49	Duo for cello & guitar	22:23 min	Chamber Music	1974
50	Solway Suite, for flute, viola (or cello) & harp	16:16 min	Chamber Music	1974
51	Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano	18:33 min	Chamber Music	1973
52	Suite for oboe & harpsichord in D major	8:41 min	Chamber Music	1972
53	Winter Songs (3), for soprano, oboe & piano	15:25 min	Vocal Music	1972
54	Inventions (6) for harpsichord, Set 3	17:08 min	Keyboard	1970
55	Occasional Pieces (5), for cello & piano	20:24 min	Chamber Music	1970
56	Fantasy Divisions, for guitar	8:18 min	Chamber Music	1969
57	Sonata for cello & piano	23:32 min	Chamber Music	1969
58	Duo Concertante, for guitar & harpsichord	13:49 min	Chamber Music	1968
59	Sonata for cor anglais & piano	14:43 min	Chamber Music	1967
60	Sonata for horn & piano in A minor	18:49 min	Chamber Music	1967
61	Suite No. 1, for harpsichord		Keyboard	1967
62	Piano Quintet No. 1 in C major	30:07 min	Chamber Music	1966
63	Suite for wind quintet	19:01 min	Chamber Music	1965
64	String Trio No. 2	17:52 min	Chamber Music	1964
65	Sonata for brass quintet	10:39 min	Chamber Music	1963
66	Sonatina for violin in B minor	8:29 min	Chamber Music	1963
67	Inventions (6) for harpsichord, Set 2	16:53 min	Keyboard	1961
68	Serenade for oboe, clarinet & bassoon	7:32 min	Chamber Music	1959
69	Quintet for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon & piano	18:04 min	Chamber Music	1958
70	Suite for brass septet	9:16 min	Chamber Music	1957
71	Suite for oboe & piano in C minor	14:42 min	Chamber Music	1957
72	Fanciful Pieces (8), for piano	4:51 min	Keyboard	1956
73	Inventions (6) for harpsichord, Set 1	16:01 min	Keyboard	1955
74	Pastoral Sonata, for flute, cello & guitar	15:04 min	Chamber Music	1953
75	Capriccio and Finale, for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello & harp	16:59 min	Chamber Music	1952
76	Tournament for Twenty Fingers, for piano, 4 hands	21:52 min	Keyboard	1952
77	String Trio No. 1	20:07 min	Chamber Music	1951
78	A Gypsy Prayer, for voice & piano	1:57 min	Vocal Music	1950
79	The Sunflower, for high voice & piano	1:05 min	Vocal Music	1950
80	Tideways, song cycle for high voice & piano	11:03 min	Vocal Music	1950
81	Irishry, song cycle for tenor & piano	6:20 min	Vocal Music	1949
82	Sonata for piano, 4 hands	8:52 min	Keyboard	1949
83	The Lamb, for high voice & piano	3:16 min	Vocal Music	1949
84	Heaven-Haven, song for mezzo-soprano or baritone & piano	2:02 min	Vocal Music	1948
85	Inversnaid, song for high voice & piano	2:05 min	Vocal Music	1947
86	Lachrymae, for high voice & piano	3:12 min	Vocal Music	1947
87	Five Eyes, song for high voice & piano	1:17 min	Vocal Music	1946
88	Slow, Slow Fresh Fount, song for high voice & piano	3:04 min	Vocal Music	1946
89	Attic Dances (3), for guitar	9:55 min	Chamber Music	-
90	Bagatelles, for piano	17:38 min	Keyboard	-
91	Bush Ballads, songs for mezzo-soprano & piano, Series 1	10:08 min	Vocal Music	-
92	Concertino for 2 guitars & strings ("Les Dentelles")	16:37 min	Concerto	-
93	Concerto for guitar & chamber orchestra	19:18 min	Concerto	-
94	Concerto for guitar & chamber orchestra No. 2	22:17 min	Concerto	-
95	Dormi, Jesu, motet for chorus	2:33 min	Choral	-
96	Duo for flute and harp in four movements	9:50 min	Chamber Music	-
97	Follow the Star, for 3 guitars	7:07 min	Chamber Music	-
98	Legend, for guitar	7:00 min	Chamber Music	-
99	London Lyrics, for voice & guitar	18:43 min	Vocal Music	-
100	Merlin, for guitar	9:06 min	Chamber Music	-
101	Mrs. Hen, song for high voice & piano	1:21 min	Vocal Music	-
102	Ode to the Guitar, for guitar	16:59 min	Chamber Music	-
103	Partita for guitar No. 1	9:29 min	Chamber Music	-
104	Piano Trio No. 1 ("Methought this other Night")	16:14 min	Chamber Music	-
105	Piano Trio No. 2 ("Canonic Episodes")	12:24 min	Chamber Music	-
106	Piano Trio No. 3	17:31 min	Chamber Music	-
107	Poems (4) of John Clare, for voice & guitar	10:48 min	Vocal Music	-
108	Promenade I for guitar duo	8:37 min	Chamber Music	-
109	Quintet for guitar & string quartet	19:14 min	Chamber Music	-
110	Septet Variations, for flute, clarinet, string quartet & harp	14:44 min	Chamber Music	-
111	Shine and Shade, for recorder & harpsichord or piano	9:31 min	Chamber Music	-
112	Song for Eve, for high voice & piano	3:20 min	Vocal Music	-
113	Stemma, for guitar	9:04 min	Chamber Music	-
114	String Quartet No. 1	26:03 min	Chamber Music	-
115	String Quartet No. 3	28:13 min	Chamber Music	-
116	String Quartet No. 4	27:22 min	Chamber Music	-
117	String Quartet No. 5	13:19 min	Chamber Music	-
118	String Quartet No. 6	18:41 min	Chamber Music	-
119	String Quartet No. 7 ("Cross-Currents")	19:21 min	Chamber Music	-
120	The Distances Between, for soprano, baritone & piano	19:21 min	Vocal Music	-
121	The Midst of Life, tombeau for Tim Stevenson, for guitar	9:50 min	Chamber Music	-
122	Transitional Studies (12), for guitar	21:33 min	Chamber Music	-

Albums featuring Stephen Dodgson

#	Name album	Year	Music label
1	Stephen Dodgson, Howden, Wallace, Morris, Ollerenshaw, Edgar-Wilson, Brook, Moore, Willcock, Sporsén, Perpetuo, Julian Perkins – Margaret Catchpole: Two Worlds Apart(3×CD, Album)	2021	Naxos
2	Stephen Dodgson - Magnard Ensemble, Olivia Jageurs – Chamber Music, Volume Five: Music For Winds II(CD, Album)	2020	Toccata Classics
3	Stephen Dodgson, Kate Howden, Magnard Ensemble – Chamber Music, Volume Four: Music For Winds I(CD, Album)	2019	Toccata Classics
4	Stephen Dodgson, Karolos (2) – Chamber Music With Harp And Guitar(CD, Album)	2018	Naxos
5	Stephen Dodgson - Karolos (2) – String Trios. Works For Solo Violin, Solo Viola And Solo Cello(CD, Album)	2018	Naxos
6	Stephen Dodgson - Tippett Quartet, Emma Abbate, Susan Monks – Chamber Music, Volume Two: Three Quintets(CD, Album)	2017	Toccata Classics
7	Cavallone, Dodgson, Patachich, Ponce, Tansman, Cristiano Porqueddu – Easy Studies For Guitar, Volume 2(CD, Album)	2017	Brilliant Classics
8	Stephen Dodgson, James Turnbull (2), Libby Burgess, Robyn Allegra Parton, Eleanor Turner – Chamber Music, Volume Three: Music For Oboe(CD, Album)	2017	Toccata Classics
9	Stephen Dodgson, Ekaterina Likhina – 24 Inventions For Harpsichord(CD, Album)	2017	Naxos
10	Stephen Dodgson, Antonia Gentile, Hartmut Richter, Evva Mizerska, Octavia Lamb, Michael Butten, Eden Stell Guitar Duo, Mēla Guitar Quartet – Guitar Chamber Works(CD, Album)	2017	Naxos
11	Stephen Dodgson - Evva Mizerska, Emma Abbate – Chamber Music, Volume One: Complete Music For Cello And Piano(CD, Album)	2016	Toccata Classics
12	Stephen Dodgson, The Tippett Quartet – String Quartets Volume Three: String Quartet No.2 / String Quartet No.8 / String Quartet No.9 / Flute Quintet / Clarinet Quintet / String Sextet(2×CD, )	2011	Dutton Epoch
13	Stephen Dodgson, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones – Essays For Orchestra Nos. 1-5(CD, )	2010	Dutton Epoch
14	Stephen Dodgson, The Tippett Quartet – String Quartets Volume Two - String Quartet No. 3 / String Quartet No. 4 / Quintet For Guitar & String Quartet(CD, )	2008	Dutton Epoch
15	Maw, English Chamber Orchestra, Gardner, Dodgson, Addison, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble – Sinfonia / Theme & Variations / Sonata / Divertimento(CD, Compilation, Remastered)	2008	Lyrita Recorded Edition
16	Stephen Dodgson, The Tippett Quartet – String Quartets Volume One - String Quartet No. 1 / String Quartet No. 5 / String Quartet No. 6 / String Quartet No. 7(CD, )	2007	Dutton Epoch
17	High Barbaree(CD, )	2004	Campion Cameo
18	Kay / Lane / Milford / Mellers / Lawson / McCabe / Gardner / Leighton / Dodgson - John Turner (5), Keith Elcombe, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland (3) – English Recorder Concertos(CD, )	2002	White Line
19	Dodgson, Bernard Roberts – Sonatas Volume 1(CD, Album)	1998	Claudio Records
20	Groningen Guitar Duo - Dodgson, Bus, Little, Samama, Ter Veldhuis – Riversong(CD, Album)	1996	Ottavo
21	Olivier Chassain, Bach / Creuze / Dodgson / De Falla – Interprète Bach Creuze Dodgson De Falla(LP)	1984	Not On Label (Olivier Chassain Self-released)
22	John Williams (7), English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves - Castelnuovo-Tedesco / Dodgson / Arnold – Guitar Concerto, Op. 99 / Guitar Concerto No. 2 / Serenade For Guitar & Strings	1977	CBS Masterworks
23	Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Plays Music By Addison • Dodgson • Gardner • Bennett – Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Plays Music By Addison • Dodgson • Gardner • Bennett	1975	Argo (2)
24	Paganini, De Falla, Villa-Lobos, Dodgson, Castelnuovo-Tedesco - John Williams (7) – Sonate Pour Guitare(LP)	1973	CBS
25	John Williams (7) / Joaquín Rodrigo / Stephen Dodgson / Sir Charles Groves / English Chamber Orchestra – John Williams Plays Two Guitar Concertos: Fantasía Para Un Gentilhombre / Concerto For Guitar And Chamber Orchestra(LP, Album, Stereo)	-	Columbia Masterworks