CRAGGS, Stewart R. 1943-

PERSONAL: Born July 27, 1943, in Ilkley, West York-shire, England; married Valerie Gibson (a municipal librarian), 1968; children: Barnaby, Cordelia. Ethnicity: "European." Education: University of Strathclyde, M.A., 1978, D.Phil., 1982. Religion: Church of England.

CAREER: University of Sunderland, Sunderland, England, technical services librarian, 1973-81, reader services librarian, 1981-92, development services librarian, 1992-95, professor of music bibliography, 1993; freelance researcher and bibliographer, 1995—. Justice of the peace, 1974-2000.

MEMBER: Chartered Institute of Libraries and Information Professionals (London; fellow).

AWARDS, HONORS: McColvin Gold Medal, best reference book of the year, Library Association, 1990, for William Walton: A Thematic Catalogue.

WRITINGS:

William Walton: A Thematic Catalogue, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 1977.

William Alwyn: A Catalogue, Bravura, 1985.

Arthur Bliss: A Bio-Bibliography, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1988.

Richard Rodney Bennett: A Bio-Bibliography, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1989.

William Walton: A Catalogue, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 1990.

John McCabe: A Bio-Bibliography, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1991.

William Walton: A Source Book, Scolar Press (Brookfield, VT), 1993.

John Ireland: A Catalogue, Discography, and Bibliography, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 1993.

Alun Hoddinott: A Bio-Bibliography, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1993.

(Compiler) Edward Elgar: A Source Book, Scolar Press (Brookfield, CT), 1995.

William Mathias: A Bio-Bibliography, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1995.

Arthur Bliss: A Source Book, Scolar Press (Brookfield, VT), 1995.

Malcolm Arnold: A Bio-Bibliography, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1998.

Soundtracks: An International Dictionary of Composers for Film, Ashgate Publishing (Burlington, VT), 1998.

(Editor) William Walton: Music and Literature, Ashgate Publishing (Burlington, VT), 1999.

Lennox Berkeley: A Source Book, Ashgate Publishing (Burlington, VT), 2000.

Benjamin Britten: A Bio-Bibliography, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2002.

Arthur Bliss: Music and Literature, Ashgate Publishing (Burlington, VT), 2002.

Peter Maxwell Davies: A Source Book, Ashgate Publishing (Burlington, VT), 2003.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A Bibliography of Music Biography, for Ashgate Publishing (Burlington, VT); Lennox Berkeley: A Bio-Bibliography, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT); William Walton: A Catalogue, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England); Alan Bush: A Source Book, Ashgate Publishing (Burlington, VT); Alun Hoddinott: A Source Book, Ashgate Publishing (Burlington, VT); John Ireland: A Source Book, Ashgate Publishing (Burlington, VT).

SIDELIGHTS: Stewart R. Craggs told CA: "My primary motivation for writing and compiling these kinds of books is a great love of nineteenth- and twentieth-century English music and the work of the particular composers I have chosen over the last twenty years. My work on Sir William Walton, however, extends further back than that to the middle 1950s and onwards. I can, therefore, say that Walton (in particular) and the other composers have greatly influenced and inspired me and my work.

"As you can imagine, it involves a great deal of research, much of it done in London, and working either with people connected with each composer or with the composers themselves; for example: Lady Walton, Lady Bliss, Lady Berkeley, Dr. Rachel O'Higgins (Alan Bush's daughter), Professor Alun Hoddinott, Sir Malcolm Arnold, and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, together with Mrs. Judy Arnold, Max's manager."