Haydn Wood
English composer, violinist and conductor (1882-1959)
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Haydn Wood's death
A short biography
Days in the life of Haydn Wood
Haydn Wood and Slaithwaite
Haydn Wood, symphonist
Haydn Wood's music publishers
The recorded works of Haydn Wood
Live performances
A forthcoming CD
Roses of Picardy printed music
The performers of Roses of Picardy
A discography of Roses of Picardy
Les enregistrements de Roses de Picardie
Roses de Picardie : chroniques d'une recherche
This web site dedicated to Haydn Wood was created in 2005 on the occasion of the publishing in France
by À la rencontre du petit patrimoine picard of the book by Gilles Gouset:
Roses de Picardie
Histoire d'une chanson
Légendes et réalité
Some pages in English are under
construction.
Therefore, some links below connect to pages in French.
This web site offers regular updates, in English and in French:
- the front covers of publications of Roses of Picardy (there are more than 140)
- a discography of Roses of Picardy
But Haydn Wood composed much more than Roses of Picardy. His output is comprised of 180 songs, 3 musical comedies, a symphony, a piano concerto, a violin concerto, variations for cello and orchestra, 80 works for orchestra, a string quartet, pieces for piano, for violin, for flute, for oboe, for accordion, and several choral works.
We offer:
- a short biography
- what Haydn Wood was doing 'today'
- facts, photographs and documents on Haydn Wood and his birthplace, Slaithwaite
- a list of Haydn Wood's publishers with the compositions which are available from them
- a calendar of concerts in which Haydn Wood's compositions will be played
- a list of recordings of Haydn Wood's compositions, along with pertinent catalogue information
Who are we?
A Canadian musician and a French music lover.
We live in British Columbia, Canada.
The musician, Marjorie Cullerne, is a great-niece of Haydn Wood. She is a busy violinist and violin teacher. She has two university degrees in Music History. Marjorie is fortunate to have in her possession much of the family archive about Haydn Wood.
The music lover, Gilles Gouset, has been a cinema teacher and a researcher in film for forty years. Living in Picardy, France, led him to start researching on the history of the song Roses of Picardy. He is now dedicating his time into researching the life and works of Haydn Wood.
Our activities:
We are reconstructing the story of Haydn Wood's life.
We are diligently and enthusiastically endeavouring to share with music lovers the scope of his heart-warming and melodious music. He composed approximately 300 compositions besides the already famous Roses of Picardy.
We are creating a fully referenced catalogue of Haydn Wood's compositions. Our private music library contains more than 800 versions of his musical works.
We are organizing or would be willing to help others organize concerts of his works.
We are currently producing the first ever compact disc with songs all composed by Haydn Wood. The last recording sessions have taken place in May 2006.
We do believe that this web site will aid in the development of our projects.
Contact us: haydnwoodmusic@yahoo.ca
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Haydn Wood's death
A short biography
Days in the life of Haydn Wood
Haydn Wood and Slaithwaite
Haydn Wood, symphonist
Haydn Wood's music publishers
The recorded works of Haydn Wood
Live performances
A forthcoming CD
Roses of Picardy printed music
The performers of Roses of Picardy
A discography of Roses of Picardy
Les enregistrements de Roses de Picardie
Roses de Picardie : chroniques d'une recherche
This page last modified 25 March 2008.
© Marjorie Cullerne and Gilles Gouset,
2005-2008
All rights reserved
