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British composer and pianist (1929–1988)

Person · Open Library

Born
1929
Died
1988
Works
14

Top works

  • Pieces for Angela, for piano, op.47
  • Concerto,
  • A Leighton Organ Album
  • An Easter sequence for boys' or female voices and organ, with optional trumpet
  • Conflicts

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Total plays
28,024

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Kenneth Leighton (b. Wakefield, October 2, 1929, d. Edinburgh, August 24, 1988) was an English composer. Leighton was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire and was a chorister at Wakefield Cathedral from 1937 to 1942. He earned the LRAM Piano Performer's Diploma in 1946. In 1947 he went to The Queen's College, Oxford on a Hastings Scholarship in Classics. In 1950, he graduated with both BA in Classics and in 1951 with a BMus (having studied with Bernard Rose). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kenneth+L

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