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Deryck Cooke

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British musicologist and broadcaster (1919–1976)

Person · Open Library

Works
13

Top works

  • Late romantic masters
  • The New Grove late romantic masters
  • Language of Music
  • Lohengrin
  • Mahler 1860-1911

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1919-09-14
Active to
1976-10-27

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
526
Total plays
3,736

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Deryck Cooke (14 September 1919 – 27 October 1976) was a British musician, musicologist and broadcaster. Cooke was born in Leicester to a poor and working class family; his father died when he was a child, but his mother was able to afford piano lessons. Cooke acquired a brilliant technique and began to compose. He won an organ scholarship to Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he was taught by Patrick Hadley and Robin Orr. His undergraduate studies were interrupted by the Second World War <a href

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