| LC control no. | n 81120338 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bourgeois, Derek |
| Associated country | England |
| Birth date | 1941-10-16 |
| Death date | 2017-09-06 |
| Place of birth | Kingston upon Thames (London, England) |
| Field of activity | Music |
| Profession or occupation | Composers Conductors (Music) Music teachers |
| Found in | His Promenade, 1966. His Romance op. 64 for double bass and chamber orchestra, c1981: p. 1 (Derek Bourgeois; b. 1941, Kingston-on-Thames, England) Grove music online, December 16, 2013 (Bourgeois, Derek; born October 16, 1941, Kingston upon Thames; English composer) Guardian WWW site, viewed Sept. 25, 2017 (Derek Bourgeois; Derek David Bourgeois, composer, born 16 October 1941, Kingston upon Thames, south-west London; died 6 September 2017; his introduction to the brass band world came in 1980, as the conductor of the Sun Life (now Stanshawe) Band in Bristol, and 10 years later he became artistic director of the Bristol Philharmonic Orchestra; taught as a lecturer in music at Bristol University from 1971, leaving in 1984 to become director of music for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, a post he held until 1993; founded the National Youth Chamber Orchestra in 1988, and in 1994 he was appointed director of music at St Paul's girls' school, west London) |
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