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INTRODUCTION
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
TITLES
BRUCE MONTGOMERY: COMPOSER
- Introduction
- Published Compositions
- Film Music
CRISPIN LINKS
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Introduction
In addition to writing a fine turn of prose, Edmund Crispin
was quite active as a composer under his real name, Bruce Montgomery.
As is clear from books like 'Holy Disorders' and 'Swan Song',
the dual personalities of composer and author often existed in
tandem in Crispin/Montgomery, and his musical work should not
be overlooked as a part of the whole Crispin canon.
My thanks are due to Donna Goldthwaite for providing some
of the following information, which is also to be found in the
book entitled 'Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers',
edited by John M. Reilly. Thanks also to the several people who
wrote in to tell me about the availability of the Concertino,
the portion of the Oxford Requiem, and the Carry On disc.
-- William Nedblake
- Musical Compositions of Bruce Montgomery
- Published Music
- An Ode on the Resurrection of Christ (1947)
- Mary Ambree (1948)
- Four Shakespeare Songs (1948)
- Two Suites for Chorus and Strings: Christ's Birthday (1948),
Venus' Praise (1952)
- Concertino for String Orchestra (1950) - Recording
Available!
- An Oxford Requiem (1950) - Partial Recording
Available ( Remote Site ).
- Concerto Waltz for Two Pianos (1952)
- John Barleycorn: an Opera for Children (1962)
Some of Montgomery's work is available for hire from the Chester
Novello site (orchestral scoring for performance).
The Oxford Bach Choir's performance
history site includes several of Montgomery's choral works.
Film Music
Additionally, Montgomery has to his credit unpublished music
for some thirty-eight films.
 Perhaps
most famously, he wrote music for several of the Carry On films.
A collection of some of this music has been released. You may
order it from the ASV web site by clicking
on the link.
Some of the films for which Crispin wrote music include:
- The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
- Carry On Cruising (1962)
- Twice Round the Daffodils (1962)
- Carry On Regardless (1961)
- Raising the Wind (1961) - Composer/Writer (?)
- Apparently a comedy about students at a music college attempting
to find unorthodox methods of raising money. The listing at Blackstar
does not give any writing credit, but IMDB
lists him as both writer and composer of the film's music. The
film features a number of 'Carry On' and 'Doctor' regulars, apparently
it is one of that genre. I have never seen the film, but am looking
for a copy. It appears to have been out of print in the UK for
almost a decade. If anyone can
help with additional details, please drop me a line.
- Beware of Children (1960)
- Carry On Constable (1960)
- Doctor in Love (1960)
- Watch Your Stern (1960)
- Carry On Teacher (1959)
- Carry On Nurse (1958)
- Carry On Sergeant (1958)
- Duke Wore Jeans, The (1958)
- Heart of a Child (1958)
- Doctor at Large (1957)
- Checkpoint (1956)
- Doctor at Sea (1955)
- Doctor in the House (1954)
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