Philip Cranmer
Philip Cranmer (1918–2006) was an English teacher of and composer of classical music.
Biography[edit]
Cranmer was born in Birmingham, England, in 1918,[1] and was a contemporary of composer John Gardner[2] at Wellington College, Berkshire and became a BBC staff accompanist at Birmingham between 1948 and 1950. He was a lecturer at the University of Birmingham between 1950 and 1954, then became Professor of Music at Queen's University Belfast between 1954 and 1970, then held a similar position at the University of Manchester between 1970 and 1975. He was the Secretary at the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music between 1974 and 1983. Cranmer died in Balcombe, West Sussex in 2006.
References[edit]
- ^ "Philip Cranmer". The Times. 29 July 2006. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "John Gardner". Naxos. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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- 1918 births
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- 20th-century classical composers
- English classical composers
- People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
- English male classical composers
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- People from Balcombe, West Sussex
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