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David Willcocks.
British choral conductor, organist and composer (1919-2015)
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About David Willcocks
Sir David Valentine Willcocks was a British choral conductor, organist, composer and music administrator. He was particularly well known for his association with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, which he directed from 1957 to 1974, making frequent broadcasts and recordings. Several of the descants and carol arrangements he wrote for the annual service of Nine Lessons and Carols were published in the series of books Carols for Choirs which he edited along with Reginald Jacques and John Rutter. He was also director of the Royal College of Music in London.
Everything about David Willcocks →- Occupation
- conductor, composer, organist, choir director
- Position held
- Director of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, director of the Royal College of Music
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- December 30, 1919, December 30, 1919
- Died
- September 17, 2015