John Addison
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Within Vinony's link graph, John Addison is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to composer, double bass and operetta.
It sits within the topics 1760s births, 1844 deaths and British male double-bassists.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 27
Top works
- Report of Trial of a cause Addison and others versus Hunt
- Extracts from ancient documents
- 1969
- Real Leadership
- Africa
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1920-03-16
- Active to
- 1998-12-07
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6,272
- Total plays
- 45,104
Tags
John Mervyn Addison (16 March 1920 – 7 December 1998) was a British composer best known for his film scores. Addison was born in Chobham, Surrey to a father who was a colonel in the British Army, and this influenced his choice of education at the Wellington College, Berkshire as a child. At the age of sixteen entered the Royal College of Music. He studied composition with Gordon Jacob, oboe with Léon Goossens, and clarinet with Frederick Thurston. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Addison
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Addison
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- double bass
- Image
- J Addison, Professor of Music.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- date of death
- 1844-01-01
- date of birth
- 1766-00-00
- P8168
- Red Flag exercise
Sources (2)
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