Multitude of Voyces is honoured to be the official representative of the creative estate of Elizabeth Poston
donate to our Elizabeth Poston Project here
Each of our projects is individually funded. Elizabeth Poston left no money for the management of her creative estate and the publication of her music so we need to raise £100,000 through grants, sheet-music sales and donations, to be able to carry out the complex work detailed below.
If you or your organisation would like to sponsor the publication of an unpublished musical work please contact Louise at poston@multitudeofvoyces.co.uk
See below our latest publications of Elizabeth Poston's work! These works are only available as printed leaflets.
Multitude of Voyces is honoured to be the official representative of the creative estate of Elizabeth Poston.
Many of her works have never seen performances beyond their premieres decades ago and our exciting new project will represent the most-extensive study and publication of her works to date.
Our work will be carried out in memory of the late Simon Campion, Elizabeth Poston's dear friend and musical/literary executor.
In addition the charity is privileged to have been gifted the research of Dr John Alabaster. We shall continue to build on Dr Alabaster's research at his express request, working closely alongside the British Library and other archives which house music scores, correspondence and other literary content by Elizabeth Poston. We shall explore the historical context of Poston's published works and will develop links with those music publishers which retain the right to publish certain of her works.
Our new scores will be transcribed, co-edited and prepared by our Associate, Anna Williams, who will co-lead this project. All income raised through the sale of these scores will directly support the continuation of this project.
We shall be working to create links with the original commissioners of the works, and with those musicians who performed the premieres or who made historical recordings of the works in partnership with Elizabeth Poston.
We hope to work with project partners including the Peter Warlock Society and other music trusts relating to Elizabeth Poston's musical friends and contemporaries and we welcome interest from any arts or heritage-based organisations whose charitable objects overlap with ours.
We shall be seeking major funding for this project: funds are needed for: complex legal advice; the photography of many thousands of pages of music manuscripts; the preparation of a digital database of works and extant research; the transcription, editing and typesetting of the sheet-music; the publication of the sheet-music; partnership work with arts festivals to plan performances of the works; partnership work with professional musicians to provide an exemplar recording of works for public access; ongoing funds for the management and running of the Poston Project.
Please note that Elizabeth Poston's entire musical and literary estate - both published and unpublished - is subject to copyright until the end of 2057. All enquiries about the use of the music (including requesting or taking photographs of manuscripts or other material, the preparation of scores, performances and recordings) should be addressed to the trustees via poston@multitudeofvoyces.co.uk. Update: The British Library is undertaking conservation and cataloguing work of the music manuscripts and those papers will be unavailable for public access until summer 2024.
Manuscripts/letters/photos belonging to the estate but in the posession of private individuals may be returned to the estate via the the charity using the above email address.
An extract from Poston's multi-part work An English Kalendar, which we hope to publish in 2025!
Order copies of The Lamb (minimum order 8 copies)