SAM: The Collection

The British Music Collection

The University of Huddersfield and Sound and Music are delighted to announce a new, permanent home for the 20th and 21st century scores, recordings and administrative records of the former British Music Information Centre (BMIC) Collection.

Now called the British Music Collection, this unique resource with over 30,000 scores will from November 2011 be located at the Music Library of the University of Huddersfield. There it will become publicly accessible within a specially designed search room. Researchers will be able to access part of the collection from January 2012.

The British Music Collection is a remarkable resource consisting of scores and recordings from contemporary British composers. The majority of the collection dates from 1960 onwards, but it also encompasses material stretching back to 1900.

It contains both published and unpublished works, including many pieces that are out of print or hard to obtain. High-profile composers, such as Britten, Tippett, Birtwistle, Maxwell Davies, Cardew, Harvey, Weir, MacMillan, Turnage and Adès, are featured alongside currently emerging or less well-known composers whose work deserves rediscovery. The collection will be of value to performers, conductors, promoters, scholars and researchers.

The University of Huddersfield and Sound and Music will work in partnership to develop the British Music Collection and ensure that it continues to be a relevant resource in the future. Further developments will be communicated on this website in the coming months.

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