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Sir David Valentine Willcocks, CBE MC (30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015) was a British choral conductor, organist, composer and music administrator.
Sep 25, 2015 · SIR DAVID WILLCOCKS, who died on Thursday of last week, aged 95, was the brightest star in a firmament of post-war music directors who transformed cathedral and college musical life into something like its present shape.
Sep 17, 2015 · A much loved figure who was Director of Music of King's College, Cambridge for 17 years. Sir David Willcocks, one of the most respected and loved figures of British 20th century choral life, has died, aged 95.
Sir David Willcocks, CBE, MC 30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015. Sir David Willcocks, who has died at the age of 95, occupied a pre-eminent place in post-war British musical life, not least through his work with the choir of King’s College, Cambridge. The youngest of three sons, he was born in Newquay, Cornwall.
Sep 25, 2015 · Sir David Willcocks sadly passed away in September 2015. He was a highly gifted musician and outstanding choral director whose leadership, decency, and humanity have inspired countless singers and conductors to try to follow his example.
Sir David Willcocks CBE, MC, was born in Cornwall on 30th December 1919 and was a British choral conductor, organist, and composer. He had an illustrious career, and since 1958 was published by Oxford University Press, with which he enjoyed a long, happy, and fruitful association.
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Sep 17, 2015 · David Valentine Willcocks, conductor, organist, teacher and composer: born Newquay, Cornwall 30 December 1919; MC 1944; CBE 1971; Kt 1977; married 1947 Rachel Gordon (two daughters, one son,...
