Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Tadpole Hunter
- Nocturnes
- Sonata in B Flat
- Sonatina
- Muntjac and Water Deer
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1931-01-22
- Active to
- 1964-12-11
black gospelclassic soulearly r&bgospelpop soulr&b
Discography
- Encore1958
- Songs by Sam Cooke1958
- Tribute to the Lady1959
- Cooke’s Tour1960
- I Thank God1960
- Hits of the 50’s1960
- My Kind of Blues1961
- Sam’s Songs1961
- Swing Low1961
- Twistin’ the Night Away1962
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- Listeners
- 1,119
- Total plays
- 3,794
Tags
contemporary classicalEnglish composers20th CenturyClassicalneoclassical
Arnold Atkinson Cooke (1906–2005) was an English composer and music educator. Cooke was born on 4th November 1906 at Gomersal, Yorkshire. After attending Repton School, he went up to Cambridge, where he gained his B.A. in music in 1929; he studied under Paul Hindemith in Berlin from 1929 to 1932. He was then appointed Director of Music at the Festival Theatre, Cambridge, shortly afterwards becoming Professor of Harmony and Composition at the Royal Manchester College (now the Royal Northern Col
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arnold
- Family name
- Cooke
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Yorkshire
- Place of death
- Kent
- Occupation
- choreographer
- Educated at
- Gonville and Caius College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Paul Hindemith
- Genre
- symphony
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Royal Navy
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- date of birth
- 1906-11-04
- date of death
- 2005-08-13
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