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Sir Lennox Berkeley ( May 12, 1903 - December 26, 1989) was a British composer.He was born in Oxford, England, and educated at Merton College, Oxford. In 1927, he went to Paris to study music with Nadia Boulanger, and there he became acquainted with Francis Poulenc, Igor Stravinsky, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger and Albert Roussel. The French influence would continue to be felt in his music. He worked for the BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is primarily a national publicly-funded broadcaster based in the United Kingdom, which also has some international services. Some of the international services (such as BBC cable TV in America, Canada and elsewhere during the Second World War, and later became president of the Performing Rights Society . He was knighted in 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped. He held the chair of Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of MusicThe Royal Academy of Music is a music school in London, England. It was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 and in 1830 was granted a Royal Charter by King George IV. Past students include: John Barbirolli Harrison Birtwistle, Joe Jackson Hugh Marchant Davi from 1946 to 1968, and his pupils there included Richard Rodney BennettSir Richard Rodney Bennett (born March 29, 1936) is a British composer. Born in Broadstairs, Kent, England, Richard Rodney Bennett studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Howard Ferguson and Lennox Berkeley. During this time, he attended some of the Da, David Bedford and John TavenerJohn Tavener (born 28 January 1944) is an English composer. He was born in London, studied at the Highgate School in London, and later attended the Royal Academy of Music there, where he studied with Sir Lennox Berkeley. His dramatic cantata The Whale 196.
His son, Michael BerkeleyMichael Berkeley (born 1948) is a British composer. Berkeley's compositions include an oboe concerto (1977), an oratorio Or Shall We Die (1983), Gethsemani Fragments (1990), Secret Garden (1997) and The Garden of Earthly Delights (1998). He is also known, is also a composer.
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