Brian Blyth [Brian] Daubney (10/07/1929 - 04/11/2022), an English composer (born in Bardney (Lincolnshire). He studied in Leicester with Benjamin Burrows, on whom he wrote a M Phil thesis in 1980. He was editor, and later chairman, of the British Music Society. Until his retirement in 1982 he was Principal Lecturer in Music at the Simon de Monfort University in Leicester, after which he was an examiner for the London College of Music until 1999. Being fully retired now, he devotes his time to writing music and poetry.

Brian Blyth Daubney is a Lincolnshire composer who has written a considerable amount of choral music both 'a cappella' and with organ accompaniment. Much of it is suitable for church use and several extended pieces (Stabat Mater, Requiem and Six Psalms) are ideal for concert performance.