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Also known as Michael Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Baron Berkeley of Knighton, Michael Fitzhardinge Berkeley

British composer and broadcaster on music

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Michael Berkeley (born 29 May 1948) is a British composer and broadcaster on music. Early life His father was the composer Sir Lennox Berkeley. Michael was a chorister at Westminster Cathedral, and he frequently sang in works composed or conducted by his godfather, Benjamin Britten. He studied composition, singing and piano at the Royal Academy of Music, but it was not until his late twenties, when he went to study with Richard Rodney Bennett, that he concentrated on composition. <a href="htt

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1948-05-29
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Michael Berkeley, Baron Berkeley of Knighton
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Michael Fitzhardinge Berkeley
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