Birmingham composers and their entertaining rivalry

Presentation delivered by Richard Pullin on 21 October 2020. Richard examines the 19th century Stedman Triples story, focusing on the competition between Thurstans and Lates to compose a peal of Stedman Triples with just two standard singles.

In addition to discussing theory (e.g. Hudson’s courses), Richard also offers some thoughts on some key Birmingham personalities including Thomas Day, Thomas Thurstans, John Lates, Elijah Roberts and Henry Johnson.

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