ABOUT THE SOCIETY & LIBRARY

Library Opening Hours: 9.30am-3.30pm Wednesdays

Light Music bridges the gap between classical and popular music, although its boundaries are often blurred. It is music with an immediate appeal, music to entertain and to enjoy. It has a strong emphasis on melody, and as such, it is designed to appeal to a wider audience than more serious forms of the Western classical music tradition.

The Light Music Society was founded in 1957 with Eric Coates as its first president. 

In the 1970s, realising that much Light Music was being disposed of, composer Ernest Tomlinson created the Library of Light Orchestral Music in the large barn adjascent to his house. Following his death in 2015, new premises were found in Long Preston, Yorkshire and in September 2023, it was moved to Victoria Hall, Bolton, which we hope will be its permanent home.

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