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'''Frederic Basil Rowley Smallman''' (30 June 1921 – 8 December 2001), commonly known as '''Basil Smallman''', was an English music scholar.
'''Frederic Basil Rowley Smallman''' (30 June 1921 – 8 December 2001), commonly known as '''Basil Smallman''', was an English music scholar.


Born in [[Croydon]] on 30 June 1921,<ref name="iww77">''International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory'' (1977), p. 783.</ref> Smallman was educated at [[Cranleigh School]], [[New College, Oxford]], and the [[Royal College of Music]].<ref name="wwm1962">''Who's Who in Music'' (1962), p. 195.</ref> After war service, he completed the Bachelor of Music degree at Oxford in 1946-47,<ref name="obit">[[Robert Orledge]], [https://www.thurlestoneparish.co.uk/uploads/4/8/9/6/48967079/village_voice_2002_number_117.pdf "Basil Smallman"], ''Thurlestone, Bantham and Buckland Village Voice'', no. 117 (October–November 2002), p. 15.</ref> and then completed a Diploma in Education in 1947.<ref name="aww73">''The Academic Who's Who'' (Adam and Charles Black, 1973), p. 426.</ref> He was then the music master at Malvern College between 1947 and 1949,<ref name="wwm1962"/> before he was appointed to a lectureship in music at the University of Nottingham in 1950; for a time after 1955 he also worked as an accompanist with the BBC. Promotion to a senior lectureship at Nottingham in 1961 was followed in 1964 by his appointment to the [[James and Constance Alsop Chair of Music]] at the University of Liverpool.<ref name="iww77"/><ref name="wwm1962"/><ref name="aww73"/> He was Dean of the Faculty of Arts there between 1969 and 1971, Public Orator between 1972 and 1973, and [[Pro-Vice-Chancellor]] between 1973 and 1976; on retirement in 1985, he was appointed an emeritus professor.<ref name="iww77"/><ref>For his term as Pro-Vice-Chancellor, see also "University news", ''The Times'', 28 July 1973, p. 14.</ref> In retirement, he published a number of monographs. He died on 8 December 2001, and was survived by his three children and his wife Ann,<ref name="obit"/> ''née'' Hesketh-Williams.<ref name="wwm1962"/>
Born in [[Croydon]] on 30 June 1921,<ref name="iww77">''International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory'' (1977), p. 783.</ref> Smallman was educated at [[Cranleigh School]], [[New College, Oxford]], and the [[Royal College of Music]].<ref name="wwm1962">''Who's Who in Music'' (1962), p. 195.</ref> After war service, he completed the Bachelor of Music degree at Oxford in 1946–47,<ref name="obit">[[Robert Orledge]], [https://www.thurlestoneparish.co.uk/uploads/4/8/9/6/48967079/village_voice_2002_number_117.pdf "Basil Smallman"], ''Thurlestone, Bantham and Buckland Village Voice'', no. 117 (October–November 2002), p. 15.</ref> and then completed a Diploma in Education in 1947.<ref name="aww73">''The Academic Who's Who'' (Adam and Charles Black, 1973), p. 426.</ref> He was then the music master at [[Malvern College]] between 1947 and 1949,<ref name="wwm1962"/> before he was appointed to a [[Lecturer|lectureship]] in music at the [[University of Nottingham]] in 1950; for a time after 1955 he also worked as an [[accompanist]] with the [[BBC]]. Promotion to a senior lectureship at Nottingham in 1961 was followed in 1964 by his appointment to the [[James and Constance Alsop Chair of Music]] at the [[University of Liverpool]].<ref name="iww77"/><ref name="wwm1962"/><ref name="aww73"/> He was Dean of the Faculty of Arts there between 1969 and 1971, [[Public Orator]] between 1972 and 1973, and [[Pro-Vice-Chancellor]] between 1973 and 1976; on retirement in 1985, he was appointed an [[emeritus]] professor.<ref name="iww77"/><ref>For his term as Pro-Vice-Chancellor, see also "University news", ''The Times'', 28 July 1973, p. 14.</ref> Smallman was especially interested in the German [[Baroque music|Baroque]] [[Passion (music)|Passion]] and [[Heinrich Schütz]]; in retirement, he expanded his academic output, and published three monographs. He died on 8 December 2001, and was survived by his three children and his wife Ann,<ref name="obit"/> ''née'' Hesketh-Williams.<ref name="wwm1962"/>


== Selected publications ==
== Selected publications ==
* ''The Background of Passion Music'' (SCM Press, 1957; 2nd ed. 1970).
* ''The Background of Passion Music'' ([[SCM Press]], 1957; 2nd ed. 1970).
* ''The Music of Heinrich Schutz'' (Mayflower Enterprises, 1985).
* ''The Music of Heinrich Schütz'' (Mayflower Enterprises, 1985).
* ''The Piano Trio: History, Technique, and Repertoire'' (Oxford University Press, 1990).
* ''[https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-piano-trio-9780198163046?cc=gb&lang=en& The Piano Trio: History, Technique, and Repertoire]'' ([[Clarendon Press]], 1990).
* ''The Piano Quartet and Quintet: Style, Structure, and Scoring'' (Oxford University Press, 1994).
* ''[https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-piano-quartet-and-quintet-9780198166405?lang=en&cc=gb The Piano Quartet and Quintet: Style, Structure, and Scoring]'' ([[Clarendon Press]], 1994).
* ''Schutz'', Master Musicians Series (Oxford University Press, 2000).
* ''Schütz'', Master Musicians Series ([[Oxford University Press]], 2000).


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 10:59, 21 October 2024

Frederic Basil Rowley Smallman (30 June 1921 – 8 December 2001), commonly known as Basil Smallman, was an English music scholar.

Born in Croydon on 30 June 1921,[1] Smallman was educated at Cranleigh School, New College, Oxford, and the Royal College of Music.[2] After war service, he completed the Bachelor of Music degree at Oxford in 1946–47,[3] and then completed a Diploma in Education in 1947.[4] He was then the music master at Malvern College between 1947 and 1949,[2] before he was appointed to a lectureship in music at the University of Nottingham in 1950; for a time after 1955 he also worked as an accompanist with the BBC. Promotion to a senior lectureship at Nottingham in 1961 was followed in 1964 by his appointment to the James and Constance Alsop Chair of Music at the University of Liverpool.[1][2][4] He was Dean of the Faculty of Arts there between 1969 and 1971, Public Orator between 1972 and 1973, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor between 1973 and 1976; on retirement in 1985, he was appointed an emeritus professor.[1][5] Smallman was especially interested in the German Baroque Passion and Heinrich Schütz; in retirement, he expanded his academic output, and published three monographs. He died on 8 December 2001, and was survived by his three children and his wife Ann,[3] née Hesketh-Williams.[2]

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b c International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory (1977), p. 783.
  2. ^ a b c d Who's Who in Music (1962), p. 195.
  3. ^ a b Robert Orledge, "Basil Smallman", Thurlestone, Bantham and Buckland Village Voice, no. 117 (October–November 2002), p. 15.
  4. ^ a b The Academic Who's Who (Adam and Charles Black, 1973), p. 426.
  5. ^ For his term as Pro-Vice-Chancellor, see also "University news", The Times, 28 July 1973, p. 14.