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Sam Richards (born 1949 in 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, and being active in experimental music, he moved to Devon and quickly became involved in the performance and collection of folk music, accumulating some 600 hours of recordings from traditional performers. In the late 1980s his interest returned to avant-garde and experimental music, and he has composed and performed extensively in that genre. He taught at Dartington College of Arts and now teaches part time at the University of Plymouth His 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''. ==Early studies and folk music== Richards cites formative influences as Alfred Nieman and Cornelius Cardew. He studied with Nieman at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.He also took part in experimental music events organised by Cornelius Cardew.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sam Richards interviewed by Kate Jago of PROOF )〕 In 1968 he moved from the Guildhall to Dartington College of Arts in Devon. He had already studied composition at Dartington Summer School of Music with French avant gardist Michel Decoust.〔 In the 1970s he was a member of the folk trio Staverton Bridge with Tish Stubbs and Paul Wilson,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FTX-144 FOLK AT FOXHOLE Richards, Wilson & Stubbs )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Paul Wilson: Biography )〕 and later toured the English folk scene as a duo with Tish Stubbs. He devoted much time to folklore research mainly in England's Westcountry, concentrating on gypsies, farming communities and children's songs and tales,〔For details of a recording session with farmers in Chagford, see: 〕 writing several papers on these subjects.〔See for instance: 〕 A number of sound recordings made by him and of him performing are held by the British Library Sound Archive, and the Sam Richards Folklore Archive of 500 hours of recordings of song, music and interviews made between 1972–1987 is held by the University of Plymouth.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Local studies in Devon : a directory of resources )〕 In 1979 he and Tish Stubbs published ''The English Folksinger'', a collection of folk songs with melodies; it includes a few songs which Richards wrote himself.〔For instance, "Evening Love Song", p. 106; "King Kong", p. 218.〕 At this time he was director of the Westcountry Folklore Centre and co-director of People's Stage Tapes, which concentrated on releasing recordings of traditional and revival performers,〔 including a recording of Walter Pardon singing at a folk club in Torquay.〔See: 〕 From 1982 to at least 1989 he jointly produced with Steve Roud a quarterly newsletter titled "Folk Song Research: A Newsletter for Researchers of Traditional Song". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sam Richards (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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