Henry MacLeod Havergal
Henry MacLeod Havergal (born February 21, 1902 in Evesham , † June 13, 1989 in Edinburgh ) was a Scottish conductor and music teacher.
life and work
Havergal studied at St John's College , Oxford from 1920 to 1924 . He was also a student of Donald Francis Tovey at the University of Edinburgh .
From 1924 to 1933 Havergal taught at Fettes College in Edinburgh, from 1933 to 1936 at Haileybury College and from 1937 to 1945 at Harrow School and from 1945 to 1953 at Winchester College . From 1953 Havergal directed the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow until his retirement in 1969. In 1973, when he was over seventy, Havergal accepted the offer to lead the School of Music in Jamaica .
In 1958 Havergal received an honorary doctorate from the University of Edinburgh.
swell
- Havergal, Henry MacLeod . In: Carl Dahlhaus (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. Personal section: A – K , supplementary volume. Schott, Mainz 1972, p. 499 .
- Henry Havergal - Death of former principal of Scots music academy (Nekrolog). In: The Herald. June 15, 1989, accessed November 3, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Exact date of death according to: Watkins Shaw: The Succession of Organists of the Chapel Royal and the Cathedrals of England and Wales from C. 1538: Also of the Organists of the Collegiate Churches of Westminster and Windsor, Certain Academic Choral Foundations, and the Cathedrals of Armagh and Dublin. Clarendon Press. 1991. page 401.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Carl Dahlhaus: Henry MacLeod Havergal. (1971).
- ^ Henry Havergal - Death of former principal of Scots music academy (Nekrolog).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Havergal, Henry MacLeod |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish conductor and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Evesham |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1989 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |