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Clifford James "Cliff" Bevan (1934 – 2024) was an English tubist, trombonist, organologist, music historian, composer and publisher. He specialised in historically informed performance, including historical low brass instruments such as the ophicleide, cimbasso and serpent.

Career

His writing includes nine books, musical compositions, many scholarly articles, and significant contributions to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments and the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Brass Instruments. He co-edited with Craig Kridel the historical instruments section of the ITEA Journal, and his book The Tuba Family, first published in 1978 and expanded in a second edition published in 2000, is considered a standard text about the instrument and its history.

Bevan's performance career included pianist and arranger for The Temperance Seven in the early 1960s, principal tuba of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic 1964–1972, freelancing with London orchestras and West End theatre musicals and shows, and later moving into publishing and arts administration. He was instrumental in the 20th century rediscovery of the serpent and ophicleide, playing with Christopher Monk's London Serpent Trio, and performing an ophicleide recital at the London Horniman Museum in 1990 which was likely the first full-length recital in the instrument's modern revival.

In 2008, the International Tuba Euphonium Association honoured Bevan's contributions by establishing its annual Clifford Bevan Award, for "Meritorious work in low brass scholarship."

Awards

• Historic Brass Society: Christopher Monk Award, 2008
• ITEA: Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010
• Galpin Society: Anthony Baines Prize, 2021

Publications

• The Tuba Family; London: Faber & Faber, 1978
• Musical Instrument Collections in the British Isles, Winchester: Piccolo Press, 1990
• The Tuba Family (2nd Edition), Winchester: Piccolo Press, 2000

References

1. ^ Yeo 2021, p. 23-24, Bevan, Clifford James "Cliff".
2. ^ Herbert, Myers & Wallace 2019, p. 65, Bevan, Clifford (James) ‘Cliff’.
3. Yeo 2021, p. 154, tuba.
4. Bevan, Clifford (1978). The Tuba Family (1st ed.). London: Faber & Faber. ISBN 0-571-10522-X. LCCN 77082241. OCLC 252522912. OL 4278210M. Wikidata Q111046191.
5. Bevan, Clifford (2000). The Tuba Family (2nd ed.). Winchester: Piccolo Press. ISBN 1-872203-30-2. OCLC 993463927. OL 19533420M. Wikidata Q111040769.

Bibliography

• Herbert, Trevor; Myers, Arnold; Wallace, John, eds. (2019). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Brass Instruments. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316841273. ISBN 978-1-316-63185-0. OCLC 1038492212. OL 34730943M. Wikidata Q114571908.
• Yeo, Douglas (2021). An Illustrated Dictionary for the Modern Trombone, Tuba, and Euphonium Player. Dictionaries for the Modern Musician. Peterson, Lennie (illustrator). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-538-15966-8. LCCN 2021020757. OCLC 1249799159. OL 34132790M. Wikidata Q111040546.

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