| LC control no. | n 50018971 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Williams, Peter, 1937 May 14-2016 |
| Variant(s) | Williams, Peter F. |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Associated place | Edinburgh (Scotland) Durham (N.C.) Cardiff (Wales) |
| Birth date | 1937-05-14 |
| Death date | 2016-03-20 |
| Place of birth | Wolverhampton (England) |
| Field of activity | Organ (Musical instrument)--History Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750--Criticism and interpretation |
| Affiliation | University of Edinburgh Duke University. Department of Music University of Wales, Cardiff |
| Profession or occupation | Musicologists Organists Harpsichordists College teachers Deans (Education) College department heads |
| Found in | His The European organ 1450-1850, 1966: t.p. (Peter Williams) His The organ music of J.S. Bach, 1984: v. 3, t.p. (Peter Williams) Brit. CIP data (Williams, Peter, 1937 May 14) BL AL recd. 21 Oct. 1994 (Peter Fredric Williams, born 14 May 1937) Int. ww in classical mus., 30th ed. (Williams, Peter Fredric, BA, MusB, MA, PdH, LittD; born May 14, 1937, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire; British musicologist, organist, and harpsichordist; lecturer, professor, dean at University of Edinburgh, 1962-1985; professor, Duke University, 1985-1995; director, Graduate Center for Performance Practice Studies, 1990-1996; professor, University of Wales, Cardiff, 1996-2002) Bach Cantatas WWW site, March 29, 2016 (Peter Williams; Peter (Fredric) Williams; born May 14, 1937, Wolverhampton, England; English musicologist, organist, and harpsichordist; BA, 1958; Mus.B., 1959; MA, 1962; Ph.D., 1963, St. John's College, Cambridge; joined the faculty of the University of Edinburgh in 1962; in 1985 he was made Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor at Duke University, Durham, N.C., where he was chairman of the music department (1985-1988), university organist (1985-1990), and director of the graduate center for performance practice studies (from 1990); authority on the organ) The telegraph WWW site, March 29, 2016: obituary published March 27, 2016 (Peter Williams; born Peter Fredric Williams, May 14, 1937, Wolverhampton, died March 20, 2016; harpsichordist and a leading authority on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach) |
| Associated language | eng |
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