Oliver Neighbour

Not to be confused with Oliver, Edmonton.

Oliver Wray Neighbour, FBA (1 April 1923 – 20 January 2015) was a British musicologist and librarian.^[1][2] Along with Thurston Dart, Nigel Fortune and Stanley Sadie he was one of Britain's leading musicologists of the post-World War II generation.^[3]

Selected writings

• Neighbour, Oliver (August 2008). "Ralph, Adeline, and Ursula Vaughan Williams: Some Facts and Speculation". Music & Letters. 89 (3): 337–345. doi:10.1093/ml/gcn042. JSTOR 30162996. (subscription required)
• ——; Kemp, Ian; Goehr, Alexander; Miller, Karl; Wood, Hugh; Matthews, David; Maconie, Robin; Payne, Anthony (April 2010). "David Drew: Tributes & Memories". Tempo. 64 (252): 14–20. JSTOR 40794440.

References

1. "Oliver Neighbour: Versatile librarian and scholar who played a vital role in raising musicological standards in postwar Britain - People - News". Independent.co.uk. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
2. "Oliver Neighbour, musicologist - obituary". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
3. Whittall, Arnold (22 April 2009). "Nigel Fortune: Musicologist behind a rise in academic standards in Britain". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2022.