Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sam Richards (born 1949; London), is an English writer, composer, improviser, jazz pianist and former folk music collector and performer. For most of his life he has lived in south Devon. His father was the writer and playwright Allen Saddler (1923-2011).After studying with Alfred Nieman at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama he moved to Devon and quickly became involved in the performance and collection of folk music, accumulating some 500 hours of recordings from traditional performers. In the late 1980s his interest turned to avant-garde and experimental music, and he has written a number of pieces in that genre. He taught at Dartington College of Arts and now teaches at the University of PlymouthHis writings include the books The Engaged Musician, John Cage as... and Sonic Harvest: Towards Musical Democracy; BBC Radios 2 and 3 documentaries including one on the composer Morton Feldman; and articles for Oral History, the Folk Music Journal, fRoots, Contemporary Music Review, Proof, The Wire and the New Statesman. An article about the experiments involving music and landscape appeared in the online journal The Clearing. http://theclearingonline.org/2013/10/the-musical-landscapes-of-sam-richards/. }
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- Sam_Richards_(writer) abstract "Sam Richards (born 1949; London), is an English writer, composer, improviser, jazz pianist and former folk music collector and performer. For most of his life he has lived in south Devon. His father was the writer and playwright Allen Saddler (1923-2011).After studying with Alfred Nieman at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama he moved to Devon and quickly became involved in the performance and collection of folk music, accumulating some 500 hours of recordings from traditional performers. In the late 1980s his interest turned to avant-garde and experimental music, and he has written a number of pieces in that genre. He taught at Dartington College of Arts and now teaches at the University of PlymouthHis writings include the books The Engaged Musician, John Cage as... and Sonic Harvest: Towards Musical Democracy; BBC Radios 2 and 3 documentaries including one on the composer Morton Feldman; and articles for Oral History, the Folk Music Journal, fRoots, Contemporary Music Review, Proof, The Wire and the New Statesman. An article about the experiments involving music and landscape appeared in the online journal The Clearing. http://theclearingonline.org/2013/10/the-musical-landscapes-of-sam-richards/".