Richard Drakeford
Richard Drakeford (born November 5, 1936 , † November 12, 2009 ) was a British composer of classical music .
Life
Drakeford was a student of composition with Herbert Howells and Edmund Rubbra and studied at Worcester College , Oxford.
From 1961 to 1985 he taught music at Harrow School .
He was a co-founder of the Little Missenden Festival, where he worked as a musical advisor until his death. From 1995 onwards, he reported at irregular intervals for the British magazine The Musical Times from the International Handel Festival in Göttingen.
Works
For piano
- A Handful of Pleasant Delights for Piano (Novello Co Ltd. 1958), Blue Notes, 6 Jazzy Pieces for Piano (Elkin Co Ltd. 1967; Novello Co Ltd. 1991)
For organ
- Three Carol Preludes: A Virgin unspotted - Joseph Dearest, Joseph mine - Adeste Fideles (Novello Co Ltd. 1967, Original Compositions for Organ (New Series) 348) - commissioned by the Great Missenden Choral Society from December 1960.
Various
- String trios and quartets
- Opera "The Sely Child"
- poems by WH Auden , Robert Graves and others
Individual evidence
- ^ Tyerman, Christopher: A history of Harrow School: 1324-1991 . Oxford [u. a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2000, p. 539. ISBN 0-19-822796-5
- ↑ http://www.little-missenden.org/
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Drakeford, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British classical music composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1936 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 2009 |