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blue_sheep
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« on: 14:45:22, 07-07-2008 »
I heard today that Bill Colleran died at the weekend after a long illness.

As the chairman of NMC Recordings (the capacity in which I knew him), as a publisher and in many other ways, he was a great champion of new music and I'm sure that some of you will have known him and appreciated his support (and his dry humour).

RIP Bill.
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martle
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« Reply #1 on: 14:51:34, 07-07-2008 »
Sad news indeed, BS. I didn't know him, but he was legendary in the new music biz for his energy and unstinting support of new music and composers' careers. I think he helped Birtwistle quite a bit along the way.

RIP
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blue_sheep
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« Reply #2 on: 15:01:37, 07-07-2008 »
Yes, Bill had known Birtwistle for years as he used to be at Universal Edition.
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« Reply #3 on: 00:20:11, 29-08-2008 »
Have only just caught up with this very sad news via the Guardian obituary.

Bill was my boss at UE for a number of years.  We had a strange relationship, and he could be irascible on occasion, but he had a sparkling wit under the often urbane surface, and I never doubted the real strength of his commitment to the best of modern music.  In this respect he was an inspiration, and my real regret is that I didn't maintain contact with him in later years.  I bumped into him at the Birtwistle festival on the South Bank in 2004 and he looked very happy.  But I know how deeply hurt he felt when UE decided to ditch its contemporary composers from the London stable.

Here are some obituaries that have only relatively recently appeared:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/aug/19/musicindustry
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4621508.ece
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bill-colleran-leading-music-publisher-906485.html

RIP Bill, a great champion of the best in new music.
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