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In July 2013, the
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with a proposal to transfer and remaster the entire NGS collection of 78s still held in
Gramophone's collection. The discs were transcribed by Rose in 2006 and a rolling programme of remastering and issuing the results as downloads began at the Pristine Classical website in March 2008. By
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graduates, and commissioned many new chamber works from
English composers. Cobbett led his own string quartet in two productions for the NGS, which he paid for himself, but beyond this his involvement in its activities was minimal.
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The NGS was established for the publication by subscription of classical music, recorded complete and uncut. The
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Society's productions were almost all recorded premieres. Issued on 10-inch and 12-inch 78rpm and 80rpm discs with distinctive yellow labels, they included the first-ever recordings of familiar works such as the
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Society had members in Britain and all over the world, mainly in the British Empire and the USA. They were invited to vote on each season's recording programme, devised by the Advisory Committee.
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discography and other documentary appendices. In
January 2016, Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions of Sheffield published the thesis in its series 'Studies in the History of Recording'.
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The NGS ceased production in 1931, mainly as a result of financial difficulties faced by
Gramophone (Publications) Ltd., and partly because the commercial record companies, in particular
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coincidence, that same spring the historian and discographer Frank
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to produce recordings of music which was ignored by commercial record companies. The
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in 1905 for a short form of String Quartet composition or 'Phantasy', and for other short chamber works, prizes won variously by
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The NGS's repertoire consisted largely of chamber music, but included some works for small orchestra and a few vocal items.
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