NAME: Duncan Campbell

BIRTH DATE/LOCATION:
October 30, 1948, Oregon (?)

DEATH DATE/LOCATION:
January 4, 1996, Petaluma, California


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  • IDENTIFICATION AND BIO:
    Composer, Singer, Landscape Designer, Poet, Writer

    WORKS:

    SONGS/POEMS

    Where Are You Going, Eagle, In Your Silent Flight

    Where Are You Going, My Green-Eyed Lad?

    I Live In The Country With My Doggie, Roger

    My Bonnie

    Ancient Trees Hold Up The Sky

    Koan Baby, Don't You Cry

    Thank You, My Love, For Offering To Me

    Olivia

    I Am The Golden Gate

    There Is No Time

    Sleep And I'll Be Still As Another Sleeper

    I Looked In My Heart While The Wild Swans Looked Over

    PIANO

    [Untitled]
    piano solo (#3 on Side A of cassette) – 5 movements

    [Untitled]
    piano solo (#6 on Side A of cassette) – 1 movement

    [Untitled]
    piano solo (#3 on Side B of cassette) – 3 movements

    [Untitled]
    piano solo (#7 on Side B of cassette) – 3 movements

    OTHER WORKS:
    Other songs, including "Lullaby At Passage Time."

    UNCOMPLETED WORKS:
    Unknown

    WRITINGS:
    Candle in the Night: Four Seasons in the Life of a Man with AIDS, North Star Editions (1995). ISBN 0-916147-95-9
    "To David," a poem for a friend with AIDS.
    Other poems, including "Gently Now," "All That I Need," "Laundry Blessing" and "Lilacs."

    DISCOGRAPHY:
    No professionally released recordings.
    90-minute cassette of works from two concerts of music performed/written by Duncan Campbell.
    Copy of tape is in the possession of Carolyn North (see Resources).

    BIBLIOGRAPHY:

    • "Duncan's Story," Chapter 7 in The Experience of a Lifetime: Living Fully, Dying Consciously by Carolyn North, Amber Lotus Publishing (1998). ISBN 1-56937-218-7

    PERFORMING RIGHTS AFFILIATION:
    Unknown

    RESOURCES:
    Carolyn North
    North Star Editions/Regent Press
    2447 Prince Street
    Berkeley, CA 94705

    Amber Lotus Publishing
    1250 Addison Street, Studio 214
    Berkeley, CA 94702
    (877) 318-1287 (individual orders)
    (800) 326-2375 (wholesale and customer service)
    info@amberlotus.com

    MUSICAL EXECUTOR:
    Unknown

    OTHER CONTACTS:
    Unknown

    ARCHIVES:
    Unknown
    Estate Project Music Archive has copies of Candle in the Night by Duncan Campbell and The Experience of a Lifetime by Carolyn North.

     


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