David Manning

David Manning is a music researcher and writer. He edited Vaughan Williams on Music, published by Oxford University Press in 2008, an anthology of writings by the composer charting his development as a musician between 1897 and 1958. This book makes available a wide range of materials on topics including folksong, the history of British music, amateur music-making, and the composer's accounts of his own compositions. It is recognised as an invaluable reference tool for Vaughan Williams researchers, as well as being an entertaining read, receiving a maximum 5-star rating in BBC Music Magazine.

The author has also written a chapter on Vaughan Williams's writings and contribution to musical life which was published in the Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams. He has reviewed books on Vaughan Williams and Elgar for academic journals.

David Manning studied at the Universities of Bristol and Oxford, before completing his PhD, an analytical study of Vaughan Williams's music, at Cardiff University in 2003.