Walter Willson Cobbett Medal
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The Walter Willson Cobbett Medal is awarded annually by the Worshipful Company of Musicians "in recognition of services to Chamber Music". It was established in 1924 and endowed with £50 by Walter Willson Cobbett (1847–1937), an amateur violinist and expert on chamber music who went on to serve as the company's master in 1928–29.[1] The medal is silver-gilt and features a portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven.[2]
Recipients[]
- 1924: Thomas Frederick Dunhill
- 1925: Mrs. Frederick Coolidge (United States)
- 1926: Alfred J. Clements
- 1927: Harry Waldo Warner
- 1928: Edward Elgar
- 1929: Frank Bridge
- 1930: Ralph Vaughan Williams
- 1931: Arnold Bax
- 1932: John Ireland
- 1933: Charles Wood (awarded posthumously)
- 1934: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
- 1935: Richard Watkins
- 1936: Donald Tovey
- 1937: Pablo Casals
- 1938: Ivor James
- 1939:
- 1940: Isolde Menges
- 1942: Ernest Walker
- 1943: Sidney Griller
- 1944: Myra Hess
- 1945:
- 1946: Lionel Tertis
- 1947: William Walton
- 1948: Michael Tippett
- 1949: Gordon Jacob
- 1950: Dennis Brain
- 1951: Gerald Moore
- 1952: Frederick Thurston
- 1953: Arthur Bliss
- 1954: Leon Goossens
- 1955: Edmund Rubbra
- 1956: Arthur Benjamin
- 1957: Thurston Dart
- 1958: Kathleen Long
- 1959: Yehudi Menuhin
- 1960: George Malcolm
- 1961: Lennox Berkeley
- 1962: Anne Macnaghten
- 1963: Norbert Brainin
- 1964: Emmanuel Hurwitz
- 1965: Joan Dickson
- 1966: Howard Ferguson
- 1967: Kenneth Leighton
- 1968: Elizabeth Maconchy
- 1969: Hugh Bean
- 1970: Cecil Aronowitz
- 1971: Watson Forbes
- 1972: Denis Matthews
- 1975: Janet Craxton
- 1976: Gordon Crosse
- 1977: Ivor Newton
- 1978:
- 1979: Edwin Roxburgh
- 1981: Hugh Maguire
- 1985: Christopher Hogwood
- 1986: Philip Jones
- 1987: Peter Maxwell Davies
- 1988: Evelyn Barbirolli
- 1989: Jack Brymer
- 1990: Sidonie Goossens
- 1991:
- 1992: Elgar Howarth
- 1993: Nona Liddell
- 1994: Irvine Arditti
- 1995: Levon Chilingirian
- 1996:
- 1997: Yfrah Neaman
- 1998:
- 1999:
- 2000:
- 2001:
- 2002: Julian Bream
- 2003: John Woolf
- 2004: Sigmund Nissel
- 2005: Peter Cropper
- 2006:
- 2007: Martin Lovett
- 2008: Joseph Horovitz
- 2009: Graham Johnson
- 2010: Stephen Dodgson
- 2011: Stephen Kovacevich
- 2012:
- 2013:
- 2014:
- 2015: Trevor Pinnock
- 2016: Steven Isserlis, CBE
- 2017:
- 2018: William Bennett, OBE
- 2019: John Gilhooly, OBE[3]
References[]
- ^ "Cobbett, Walter Willson" in Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians (London: Macmillan Company, 1927)
- ^ "The Walter Willson Cobbett Medal", The Musician's Company. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ Bradshaw, Melissa (11 April 2019). "John Gilhooly awarded the Musicians' Company Cobbett Medal". rhinegold.co.uk. London. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
Categories:
- British music awards
- Chamber music
- Medals