Bill Hopkins bibliography explained

This is a list of published writings by the composer Bill Hopkins.^[1] Based originally on Paul Griffiths' provisional catalogue of Hopkins' work published soon after his death,^[2] it includes his journalism for newspapers and magazines, as well as his occasional academic writings.^[3] These texts were mostly published under the pseudonym G.W. Hopkins: those published under his own given name are so indicated.

Writings

• "The young composer at Oxford", Composer 13 (1964), 12 (as Bill Hopkins)
• "Le soleil des eaux", Tempo 68 (1964), 35
• "Luigi Nono", M+M xiv/8 (1965-6), 32, 61
• "The Brevity of Webern", M+M xiv/12 (1965-6), 20
• "Barraqué's Chant après Chant" [review of premiere], MT cvii (1966) 701
• "Jean Barraqué", MT cvii (1966) 952
• "Shostakovich's Ninth String Quartet", Tempo 75 (1966) 23
• "Robert Layton's "Sibelius"", Tempo 75 (1966)
• "Stravinsky's Chords", Tempo 76 (1966) 6, Tempo 77 (1966) 2
• "Donald Mitchell's "The Language of Modern Music"", Tempo 77
• "Schumann in Miniature", M+M xv/1 (1966-7), 28
• Bax LP review, MT cviii (1967), 714
• "Alan Walker's "An Anatomy of Musical Criticism"", Tempo 80
• "Stockhausen, form, and sound" [review of scores], MT cix (January 1968), 60-62
• "Debussy and Boulez", MT cix (1968), 710
• "Anthony Gilbert", MT cix (1968), 907
• "Schoenberg's "Fundamentals of Musical Composition"", Tempo 84
• "The Contemporary Problem", Tempo 85
• "Open form: open question" [review of Konrad Boehmer Zur Theorie der offenen Form in der neuen Musik, and Darmstaedter Beitraege zur neuen Musik X: "Form"], MT cx (1969), 380-83
• "Charles Daniel (ed.) "Musiques Nouvelles"", Tempo 90 [substantial]
• Letter to the Editor (Reply to Keller), Tempo 90
• "Frank Dawes's "Debussy Piano Music"", Tempo 91 (1969)
• Honegger/Messiaen LP review, MT cxi (1970), 285
• Boulez Pli selon Pli LP review, MT cxi (1970), 509
• Ravel/Poulenc/Francaix LP review, MT cxi (1970), 811
• Schmitt/Chausson/Duparc LP review, MT cxi (1970), 905-6
• Fauré LP review, MT cxi (1970), 1006-7
• Record Guide, Tempo 92 (1970), 37
• Record Guide, Tempo 93 (1970), 31
• Record Guide, Tempo 94 (1970), 31
• "Schoenberg and the "Logic" of Atonality", Tempo 94 (1970) 15
• Record Guide, Tempo 95 (1970-1), 37
• Record Guide, Tempo 96 (1971), 20
• Boulez Pelleas LP review, MT cxii (1971), 39-40
• Milhaud/Chabrier/Fauré/Ravel LP review, MT cxii (1971), 147
• Helffer Boulez 2/Berg (DG) LP review, MT cxii (1971), 560-1
• Debussy Chamber works (DG) LP review, MT cxii (1971), 673
• Fauré Chamber box (Erato) LP review, MT cxii (1971), 763-4 [longer]
• Boulez Debussy Nocturnes LP review, MT cxii (1971), 866
• Varese LP review, MT cxii (1971), 975-6
• "Barraqué's Piano Sonata", Listener (27 Jan 1972), 121
• Fauré LP review, MT cxiii (1972), 673
• Messiaen LP review, MT cxiii (1972), 781
• "Colin Scott-Sutherland's "Arnold Bax"", Tempo 106 (September 1973)
• Fauré LP review, MT cxv (1974), 44-5
• Satie LP review, MT cxv (1974), 575
• Recordings [review of Roger Woodward's Barraqué LP], Tempo 110 (September 1974) 48-50
• "Michael Nyman's Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond", Tempo 112 (March 1975) (as Bill Hopkins)
• "Birtwistle Triumph of Time etc.", Tempo 115 (September 1975) (as Bill Hopkins)
• Fauré LP review, MT cxvi (1975), 798
• "Joan Peyser's Boulez: Composer, Conductor, Enigma", Tempo 123 (September 1977) (as Bill Hopkins)
• "Luigi Nono: the individuation of power and light", MT cxix (1978) 406 (as Bill Hopkins)
• "Oesterreichische Komponisten des XX. Jahrhunderts - volumes on Schreker, Schmidt, Webern and Zemlinsky", Tempo 127 (September 1978) (as Bill Hopkins)
• "Barraqué and the Serial Idea", PRMA cv (1978-9) 13 (as Bill Hopkins)
• "Zemlinsky Lyric Symphony etc.", Tempo 129 (March 1979) (as Bill Hopkins)
• "Nono ...sofferte onde serene ... etc.", Tempo 130 (June 1979) (as Bill Hopkins)
• Paul Griffiths Boulez book review, MT cxx (1979), 827 (as Bill Hopkins)
• "Hans Keller's 1975", Tempo 132 (December 1979) (as Bill Hopkins)
• "The Piano Music", in The Music of Alexander Goehr, ed. Bayan Northcott (London, 1980), 17
• "Boulez", The New Grove, (London, 1980)
• "Gilbert", The New Grove, (London, 1980)
• "Rands", The New Grove, (London, 1980)
• "Orchestration" (paras 4–5), The New Grove, (London, 1980)
• "Ravel", The New Grove, (London, 1980)
• "Dukas", The New Grove, (London, 1980)
• "Stockhausen", The New Grove, (London, 1980)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bill Hopkins: Writings.
2. Griffiths, Paul: "Bill Hopkins: A Provisional Catalogue of Compositions and Writings", The Musical Times, Vol. 122, No. 1663 (Sep. 1981), pp. 600-601
3. Web site: JSTOR: Search Results.