Deryk Barker:

>... the Rex Foundation, setup by the GD IIRC, has sponsored
>recordings of music by Robert Simpson.

And Brian, and probably others.  I remember a TV documentary about the
foundation which included interviews with some then-young Brit composers
who'd been delighted to receive unsolicited no-strings-attached grants.
Unless you read the back covers of your CDs very carefully, you'd be unaware
of the Rex Foundation's participation.  It's a change from the kind of
pseudo-altruism that expects good deeds to be glossily publicised.  I don't
know whether the organisation still functions, but it certainly set a fine
standard for philanthropy.

Richard Pennycuick
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