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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1926
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Five Chinese lyrics for high voice and piano
- Living with voices
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1926-09-06
- Active to
- 2003-05-04
british composerchorus mastercomposer
Discography
- Messa da requiem1989
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 158
- Total plays
- 402
Arthur William Oldham (6 September 1926 – 4 May 2003) was an English composer and choirmaster. He founded the Edinburgh Festival Chorus in 1965, the Chorus of the Orchestre de Paris in 1975, and the Concertgebouw Orchestra Chorus in Amsterdam in 1979. He also worked with the Scottish Opera Chorus 1966-74 and directed the London Symphony Chorus 1969-76. For his work with the LSO Chorus, he won three Grammy Awards. He was also a composer, mainly of religious works, but also a ballet and an opera.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arthur
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Villejuif
- Occupation
- music educator
- Position held
- choir director
- Educated at
- Royal College of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Arthur Oldham.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1926-09-06
- date of death
- 2003-05-04
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