Lewis Foreman (born 1941) is a musicologist and author of books, articles, programme notes and CD sleeve notes on classical music, specialising in British music.
He has been particularly associated with the Dutton Epoch and Lyrita record labels and with the British Music Society.
[4] Foreman qualified as a librarian in 1964, and after a period developing the music library holdings at Ealing Central Library[5] he became a government librarian – head of bibliographic services with HMSO – until 1982.
[7] Foreman has been the discoverer and performance facilitator of many previously forgotten or lost scores by British composers, including the reconstruction of performance materials, and he has worked with conductors, professional (and sometimes amateur) ensembles, music trusts, publishers, broadcasters and record labels to promote and secure recordings, often world premiere recordings.
He lives in Rickmansworth, from where he ran the Triad Press,[8] and the Sir Arnold Bax Trust for many decades.