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Willcocks, David, 1919-2015

LC control no.n 82215288
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationML422.W56 Biography
Personal name headingWillcocks, David, 1919-2015
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Variant(s)Willcocks, David, Sir
Willcocks, David Valentine, 1919-2015
Birth date1919-12-30
Death date2015-09-17
Place of birthNewquay (England)
Place of deathCambridge (England)
AffiliationBach Choir (London, England)
King's College (University of Cambridge). Choir
Worcester Cathedral. Choir
Salisbury Cathedral
Great Britain. Army. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Profession or occupationChoral conductors Organists
Found inJacques, R. Carols for choirs, 1961.
Carols for Christmas, 1983: CIP t.p. (David Willcocks) data (b. 1919 in Cornwall, England; knighted in 1977)
Oxford music online, 13 Dec. 2010 (Willcocks, Sir David (Valentine))
Telegraph (online), viewed Sept. 18, 2015 (Sir David Willcocks; b. David Valentine Willcocks, Dec. 30, 1919, Newquay, Cornwall; d. Sept. 17, 2015; choirmaster who redefined the sound of British choral music and once played the piano under heavy shell fire in Normandy)
Associated languageeng