Malcolm MacDonald (1916–1992) was a British

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. He won the Clements Memorial Prize in 1946 for his Trio in One Movement, which was heard again at a

Society for the Promotion of New Music The Society for the Promotion of New Music (SPNM), originally named The Committee for the Promotion of New Music, was founded in January 1943 in London by the émigré composer Francis Chagrin, to promote the creation and performance of new music in ...

concert on 6 December, 1949. His Symphony No 2 won the Royal Philharmonic Society's Open Prize Competition in 1952. His best-known work (and the only one recorded and still performed in recent times) is the ''Cuban Rondo'' for

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

and

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

, written in 1960. He was a regular contributor to ''

The Gramophone ''Gramophone'' is a magazine published monthly in London, devoted to classical music, particularly to reviews of recordings. It was founded in 1923 by the Scottish author Compton Mackenzie who continued to edit the magazine until 1961. It was ...

'' magazine, and from the late 1940s a frequent music reviewer and presenter on BBC radio. He has often been confused with the music critic

Malcolm MacDonald Malcolm Ian Macdonald (born 7 January 1950) is an English former professional footballer, manager and media figure. Nicknamed 'Supermac', Macdonald was a quick, powerfully built prolific goalscorer. He played for Fulham, Luton Town, Newcastle ...

(1948-2014).

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''Cuban Rondo'', Ian Scott (clarinet), Royal Ballet Sinfonia, cond. Gavin Sutherland
1916 births 1992 deaths 20th-century classical composers English classical composers 20th-century English composers English male classical composers 20th-century British male musicians {{UK-composer-stub