Richard Drakeford

Richard Drakeford (* November 5, 1936, † 12 November 2009) was a British composer of classical music.

Life

Drakeford studied composition with Herbert Howells and Edmund Rubbra and studied at Worcester College, Oxford.

From 1961 to 1985, he taught music at the Harrow School.

He was co-founder of the Little Missenden Festival, where he worked until his death as a musical consultant. From 1995 on, he reported at irregular intervals for the British magazine Musical Times of 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 in 1991. )

For organ

  • Three Preludes Carol: A Virgin unspotted - Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine - Adeste Fideles (. Novello Co Ltd 1967 Original Compositions for Organ (New Series) 348) - was commissioned by the Great Missenden Choral Society in December 1960.

Various

  • String trios and quartets
  • Opera "The Sely Child"
  • Music poems by WH Auden, Robert Graves, among others
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