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Dodgson, who did not play the guitar himself, had a remarkable ability to understand the instrument and its potential. In his early days he relied on the likes of Bream to point out any suggestions he ...

High Barbaree: Capriccio in pursuit of an Old Sea-Song Stephen Dodgson, Composer John Turner, Recorder Craig Ogden, Guitar Pamela Nash, Harpsichord Daphne to Apollo Craig Ogden, Guitar Lesley-Jane ...

The Sonatina (1963) was written with Bach’s First Violin Partita in mind but Dodgson’s own Partita, for cello (1985), is freer and more modern in design, brilliantly interweaving eight sections, each ...

The imagination of the composer Stephen Dodgson, who has died aged 89, was galvanised by the personalities and the often unusual requests of the musicians for whom he wrote – and they usually came ...