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Margaret Debenham
Independent Scholar
Introduction
MARGARET DEBENHAM Ph.D is an independent scholar living in Cambridgeshire, UK. She was awarded her doctorate in 2001 at The Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, Milton Keynes UK. In retirement, she has further developed her use of Computer Mediated Communication as a research tool in the field of digital humanities, focusing on the history of early harpsichord and pianoforte makers. Her honors include The American Musical Instrument Society’s Frances Densmore Prize, 2011
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William Southwell (1736/7–1825)
Anglo–Irish Musical Instrument Inventor and Maker
The original 2013 biographical account of William Southwell (1736/7-1825), Anglo-Irish Musical Instrument Inventor and Maker, remains on Margaret Debenham's website, but has been consolidated here with her numerous associated web pages into a two pdf files with appendices, including the numerous timelines relating to Southwell’s wide-ranging associates.
Debenham, Margaret, 2013 rev. 2026. William Southwell (1736/7-1825), Anglo-Irish Musical Instrument Inventor and Maker
Debenham, Margaret, 2026. Appendices: William Southwell (1736/7-1825), Anglo-Irish Musical Instrument Inventor and Maker
Other Publications
George S. Bozarth and Margaret Debenham, in collaboration with David Cripps, 2009. ‘Piano Wars: The Legal Machinations of London Pianoforte Makers, 1795-1806’ in The Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle Vol. 42. London: Royal Musical Association, 45-108. ISSN 1472-3808. (also, free download available via log in for registered member of ResearchGate, via Margaret Debenham’s profile, as joint copyright holder with the RMA)
Award: This article was awarded the Frances Densmore Prize for 2011 by the American Musical Instrument Society
Margaret Debenham and Michael Cole, 2013. ‘Pioneer Piano Makers in London, 1737–1774: newly discovered documentary sources’ in The Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle Vol. 44. Issue 1 Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 55-86. (free access, by kind courtesy of Taylor & Francis)
Margaret Debenham, 2014. 'Joseph Merlin in London, 1760–1803: the Man behind the Mask. New Documentary Sources' in The Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, Vol. 45, Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. Issue 1, 130-163. (free access, by kind courtesy of Taylor & Francis)
Margaret Debenham and Michael Cole, 2018. 'Marquetry Cabinets containing Newly Fashionable Pianofortes made in Eighteenth–Century London: the cabinet maker’s pianoforte – or the pianoforte maker’s cabinet?' in The London Journal Vol.43, Issue 3, 2018: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 289-311
Margaret Debenham, 2011. 131 Cheapside: The Longman Connection.
Margaret Debenham, 2012. 131 Cheapside: The Longman Connection: Postscript.
Margaret Debenham, 2018. Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779): musical instrument connections and new insights. Article 7.
Margaret Debenham, 2011. Southwell Brothers Photographers Royal: History of the Business (1857–1883).
Illustrated Lecture
Margaret Debenham. 2016. Frederick Beck, pianoforte-maker and Christopher Fuhrlohg, cabinet-maker and inlayer: newly identified documentary sources. Conference presentation at ‘Made in London’: Makers, designers and innovators in musical instrument making in London, from the 18th to 21st centuries. London Metropolitan University, 28 May 2016.
Dictionary Entries
Margaret Debenham, 2014. 'Roger Plenius' in The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, 2nd Edition, Vol. 4. Oxford: New York: Oxford University Press.
Margaret Debenham and Patrick Geoghegan, 2021. 'Southwell, William' in The Dictionary of Irish Biography, on-line edition. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy: (DOI: https://doi.org/10.3318/dib.008201.v1
Book Review
Margaret Debenham, 2021. 'Geoffrey Lancaster: Culliford Rolfe and Barrow: a tale of ten pianos' (University of Western Australia, 2017) in Harpsichord and Fortepiano: Vol.25. No.2, 41-2. ISSN:1463-0036 in MIRCat Library Journals.
