A Personal Recollection of the Founder of the Museum of Music History
Oliver Davies died more almost three years ago, and many of us feel his absence ever more keenly as time passes. How much one owes him. Not only a very remarkable pianist and musicologist, whose...
View ArticleThe discography of Oliver Davies
“As a colleague and friend who worked with Oliver on each and every MOMH Image of the Month as they used to be called, I would like to add, in addition to his own discography, the exquisite Aria di...
View ArticleEnglish Chamber Orchestra archive acquired by MOMH
We are delighted to announce that we have acquired the archive of the world-renowned English Chamber Orchestra. The ECO was founded more than 60 years ago, rapidly gaining worldwide recognition for its...
View ArticleNew life for Napoleon’s Erard
Having languished for years on a corner shelf of J. G. Morley’s of South Kensington, an instrument the shop simply called an ‘Erard square piano’ was bought by Oliver Davies, a young piano professor...
View Article2023 has been a busy year for MOMH
In addition to expanding the collection of MOMH through the acquisition of the English Chamber Orchestra archive, we moved the collection of Oliver Davies from his home into our archive (including...
View ArticleThe hero of the evening was Oliver Davies
Oliver Davies, FRCM, Hon ARAM, distinguished pianist, musicologist, lecturer, teacher, collector and curator, made an inestimable and pioneering contribution to musical performance, scholarship,...
View ArticleDeath of Paul Strang
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Paul Strang who passed away peacefully at home on 18th March 2024. Along with Oliver Davies and Colin Bradbury, Paul was instrumental in the...
View ArticleNew appointments at MOMH
We are delighted to welcome Dr Kate Kennedy and Dr Alice Little to critical positions in the museum. Dr Kennedy, Co-Director of the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing at Wolfson College and Senior Research...
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