- William Lovelock
William Lovelock (
13 August 1899 ,London - 1986Shipston on Stour ,Warwickshire ) was an English classicalcomposer and pedagogue.He was educated at
Emanuel School andTrinity College of Music . After service as anartillery man inWorld War I , he returned to Trinity College as a teacher and examiner. He received his Doctorate of Music from theUniversity of London in 1932. Between 1939 and 1946 he lived inIndia , eventually joining the Indian Army and reaching the rank of major in 1942. Returning to London in 1946 he rejoined the faculty at Trinity College before becoming Dean of the Faculty of Music at the University of London in 1954.Two years later, Lovelock was appointed the first Director of the
Queensland Conservatorium of Music inBrisbane ,Australia . In 1959 he left that position to become a free-lance teacher, composer, adjudicator, and the chief music critic for the "Courier-Mail " newspaper. He wrote numerous textbooks on music harmony and theory.In 1981, after the death of his wife, he returned to
England .The Australian Music Centre has an extensive collection of Lovelock's work in recording and score. These can be found here http://www.amcoz.com.au/opac/name.aspx?id=225.
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