In December 1936 and Midsummer 1937 Alfred Nieman edited "The Student" priced 6 pence; a magazine for the Royal Academy of Music.In December 1936 and Midsummer 1937 Alfred Nieman edited "The Student" priced 6 pence; a magazine for the Royal Academy of Music.
Very successful piano duo: their popularity grew up and until the beginning of the second world war. Alfred is to the right in the photograph.
Alfred Nieman wrote at least one article for "Composer" a magazine costing 5 shillings in the 1970's. "Composer" was the journal of The Composers' Guild of Great Britain. The Guild is now amalgamated into
"The British Academy of Composers & Songwriters".
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Professor of composition at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Alfred Nieman teaches piano, and is a lecturer in Analysis and Contemporary Music. He also lectures for the Extra-Mural department of London University.
"Purity, aural lucidity, concentration, boldness of rhythm, freshness of melody, perfect craftsmanship, subtlety of form, imaginative texture, the expressiveness of a contemplative spirit' -what marvelous words! Who can they be talking about: Purcell, Bach, Mozart, Dufay, Beethoven, Monteverdi, Handel? Yes, why not? Could it be about Webern? Well, Webern is dead too, like Schoenberg, * so it could be about him." ...
A booklet of poetry published in 1970 by Outposts Publications, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Alfred was actually registered with the name "Abbe" on his birth certificate.
We were
Poor children
You and I.
We reached for
The sky.
I didn't know
That I would
Live -
I would live,
And you would die.