| LC control no. | n 79090069 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 |
| Birth date | 1929-10-02 |
| Death date | 1988-08-24 |
| Place of birth | Wakefield (England) |
| Place of death | Edinburgh (Scotland) |
| Affiliation | University of Edinburgh |
| Profession or occupation | Composers College teachers |
| Found in | His Sonata for pianoforte, 1950. New Grove (Leighton, Kenneth; b. Oct. 2, 1929, Wakefield; English composer and teacher) His Concerto for cello and orchestra, op. 31 [SR] p1989: label (Kenneth Leighton) program notes (d. 8-24-88) Wikipedia, viewed on Oct. 25, 2006 (Kenneth Leighton; b. Wakefield, October 2, 1929, d. Edinburgh, August 24, 1988, was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire; 1951 grad. of Queen's College, BMUS; in 1960, awarded Doctorate of Music, Univ. of Oxford; in his career he held various univ. professorships; in 1970, appointed Reid Professor of Music at the Univ. of Edinburgh, which he held until his death in 1988; one of the distinguished British post-war composers; over 100 compositions are published) |
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