Early career
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| Camden was born in [[Newark-on-Trent]]. Through Hans Richter he won a scholarship to the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester at the age of 14, where he studied with [[Egon Petri]] (piano) and Otto Schieder (bassoon).<ref name=mt>Obituary, ''The Musical Times'', Vol. 120, No. 1634 (April 1979), p. 331</ref><ref name="Kennedy1971">{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=Michael|title=The History of the Royal Manchester College of Music: 1893-1972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xTe8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA28|accessdate=5 February 2013|year=1971|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9780719004353|pages=28–}}</ref> In 1906 he joined Schieder at the [[The Hallé|Hallé Orchestra]], replacing him as principal bassoon in 1914. The conductor [[Hamilton Harty]] became a lifelong friend.<ref name=blow/> In 1933 he moved to the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]], where he stayed until 1946 when - at the request of [[Thomas Beecham]] - he took up the same position in the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]]. There was also a spell at the Covent Garden Opera Orchestra.<ref>William Waterhouse. 'Camden, Archie [Archibald] (Leslie)', in ''Grove Music Online'' (2001)</ref> | Camden was born in [[Newark-on-Trent]]. Through Hans Richter he won a scholarship to the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester at the age of 14, where he studied with [[Egon Petri]] (piano) and Otto Schieder (bassoon).<ref name=mt>Obituary, ''The Musical Times'', Vol. 120, No. 1634 (April 1979), p. 331</ref><ref name="Kennedy1971">{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=Michael|title=The History of the Royal Manchester College of Music: 1893-1972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xTe8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA28|accessdate=5 February 2013|year=1971|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9780719004353|pages=28–}}</ref> In 1906 he joined Schieder at the [[The Hallé|Hallé Orchestra]], replacing him as principal bassoon in 1914. The conductor [[Hamilton Harty]] became a lifelong friend.<ref name=blow/> In 1933 he moved to the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]], where he stayed until 1946 when - at the request of [[Thomas Beecham]] - he took up the same position in the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]]. There was also a spell at the Covent Garden Opera Orchestra.<ref>William Waterhouse. 'Camden, Archie [Archibald] (Leslie)', in ''Grove Music Online'' (2001)</ref> |
| ==Teaching== | |
| As a teacher, he was a professor of the bassoon at the [[Royal Northern College of Music|Royal Manchester (now Northern) College of Music]] from 1914 to 1933; he later taught at the [[Royal College of Music]] in London. His most famous students included [[Roger Birnstingl]], [[Michael Chapman (bassoonist)|Michael Chapman]], [[Martin Gatt]] and [[William Waterhouse (bassoonist)|William Waterhouse]]. He also conducted the London Stock Exchange Orchestra. Camden was the first British bassoonist to change from the French bassoon to the smoother, more dry-toned German or Heckel Bassoon.<ref>Basil Tschaikov. [https://www.musicweb-international.com/tschaikov/Chapter17_page1.htm ''The Music Goes Round and Round'' (2006), Ch. 17]</ref> In 1962 he published his book ''Bassoon Technique.''<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Bassoon_Technique.html?id=PTsZAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y Archie Camden. ''Bassoon Technique''], Oxford University Press (1962)</ref> | As a teacher, he was a professor of the bassoon at the [[Royal Northern College of Music|Royal Manchester (now Northern) College of Music]] from 1914 to 1933; he later taught at the [[Royal College of Music]] in London. His most famous students included [[Roger Birnstingl]], [[Michael Chapman (bassoonist)|Michael Chapman]], [[Martin Gatt]] and [[William Waterhouse (bassoonist)|William Waterhouse]]. He also conducted the London Stock Exchange Orchestra. Camden was the first British bassoonist to change from the French bassoon to the smoother, more dry-toned German or Heckel Bassoon.<ref>Basil Tschaikov. [https://www.musicweb-international.com/tschaikov/Chapter17_page1.htm ''The Music Goes Round and Round'' (2006), Ch. 17]</ref> In 1962 he published his book ''Bassoon Technique.''<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Bassoon_Technique.html?id=PTsZAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y Archie Camden. ''Bassoon Technique''], Oxford University Press (1962)</ref> |
| ==Concerts and recording== | |
| After years of extensive touring as a recitalist, chamber music player, broadcaster and lecturer, and seasons with [[Yehudi Menuhin|Menuhin]] and the Bath Festival Orchestra, Camden's last post as an orchestral player was with the [[London Mozart Players]]. He stayed until 20 March 1968, when the orchestra put on an 80th birthday concert at the [[Royal Festival Hall]], including a performance of the Mozart Bassoon Concerto.<ref name=eighty/> | After years of extensive touring as a recitalist, chamber music player, broadcaster and lecturer, and seasons with [[Yehudi Menuhin|Menuhin]] and the Bath Festival Orchestra, Camden's last post as an orchestral player was with the [[London Mozart Players]]. He stayed until 20 March 1968, when the orchestra put on an 80th birthday concert at the [[Royal Festival Hall]], including a performance of the Mozart Bassoon Concerto.<ref name=eighty/> |
| [[Eric Fogg]] (in 1931) and [[Gordon Jacob]] (in 1947) wrote concertos for Camden, while [[Arnold Bax]] composed the ''Threnody and Scherzo'' for him in 1936. He was also one of the first bassoonists to experiment with recording. His recordings of the [[Mozart]] Bassoon Concerto - a piece he helped rescue from obscurity - still remain popular today. He recorded the piece twice - first in March 1926 with Hamilton Harty conducting,<ref>Columbia 67328-D - 67330-D, Masterworks Set No. 71 (78 RPM)</ref> then in 1956 with [[Harry Blech]] and the London Mozart Players.<ref>HMV DLP1153 (1956), reissued on [https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2018/Jan/Mozart_bassoon_FR1371.htm Forgotten Records FR1371 (2018)]</ref> Another signature piece was his arrangement for bassoon and orchestra of the [[Jean-Baptiste Senaillé]] ''Allegro spirito'', which he recorded in 1927.<ref>[ | [[Eric Fogg]] (in 1931) and [[Gordon Jacob]] (in 1947) wrote concertos for Camden, while [[Arnold Bax]] composed the ''Threnody and Scherzo'' for him in 1936. He was also one of the first bassoonists to experiment with recording. His recordings of the [[Mozart]] Bassoon Concerto - a piece he helped rescue from obscurity - still remain popular today. He recorded the piece twice - first in March 1926 with Hamilton Harty conducting,<ref>Columbia 67328-D - 67330-D, Masterworks Set No. 71 (78 RPM)</ref> then in 1956 with [[Harry Blech]] and the London Mozart Players.<ref>HMV DLP1153 (1956), reissued on [https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2018/Jan/Mozart_bassoon_FR1371.htm Forgotten Records FR1371 (2018)]</ref> Another signature piece was his arrangement for bassoon and orchestra of the [[Jean-Baptiste Senaillé]] ''Allegro spirito'', which he recorded in 1927.<ref>[ |
| ==Personal life== | |
| He was married to Jan Kerrison (later known as Joyce Camden), a cellist, composer, accompanist and arranger. Their two sons both went onto to study at the [[Royal School of Music]], Kerry (bassoon) and [[Anthony Camden]] (oboe).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/apr/11/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|title=''Obituary: Anthony Camden''|publisher=The Guardian|date=11 April 2006|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref> He was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in 1969. An autobiography, ''Blow by Blow'' was completed just before his death at the age of 90 and published posthumously in 1982.<ref name=blow>''Blow by Blow: the memories of a musical rogue and vagabond'', Thames Publishing, London, 1982</ref> | He was married to Jan Kerrison (later known as Joyce Camden), a cellist, composer, accompanist and arranger. Their two sons both went onto to study at the [[Royal School of Music]], Kerry (bassoon) and [[Anthony Camden]] (oboe).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/apr/11/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|title=''Obituary: Anthony Camden''|publisher=The Guardian|date=11 April 2006|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref> He was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in 1969. An autobiography, ''Blow by Blow'' was completed just before his death at the age of 90 and published posthumously in 1982.<ref name=blow>''Blow by Blow: the memories of a musical rogue and vagabond'', Thames Publishing, London, 1982</ref> |
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