Morris Pert

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Morris David Brough Pert (born September 8, 1947 in Arbroath , Angus , † April 27, 2010 in Balchrick , Kinlochbervie , Sutherland ) was a British composer and drummer . Between 1977 and 1979 he was a member of the band Brand X .

Life

Pert first studied music at Edinburgh University . After completing his bachelor's degree, he studied composition and percussion under Alan Bush at the Royal Academy of Music in London . While still a student at the Royal Academy, he was awarded the composer's prize of the Royal Philharmonic Society in 1970 for his orchestral piece Xumbu-Ata . He then worked for two years with the Japanese percussionist Stomu Yamashta . From the beginning of the 1970s he worked both as a composer, including regularly for the BBC , and as a studio musician in the field of pop and rock music . Between 1972 and 2009 he worked as a percussionist, drummer, keyboardist and arranger for artists such as Paul McCartney , Peter Gabriel , Phil Collins , Mike Oldfield and Kate Bush . In 1977, Billboard magazine named Pert fourth on the list of Best Jazz and Rock Drummers.

Pert composed three symphonies : The Rising of the Moon , The Beltane Rites and The Ancient Kindred . The latter premiered on German television in 1980 under the direction of Eberhard Schoener .

After Pert had finished work on his fifth album shortly before, he worked in his studio on his fourth symphony, De Situ Albanie . Because he didn't answer calls and doorbells, the police eventually opened his home. The officers found Pert dead.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ One of world's top drummers found dead. Northern Times, April 30, 2010 (English) ( Memento of 21 April 2013 Web archive archive.today ).
personal data
SURNAME Pert, Morris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pert, Morris David Brough (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British composer and drummer
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Arbroath , Angus
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 2010
Place of death Balchrick , Kinlochbervie , Sutherland