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Gordon Langford

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Gordon Langford

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British composer (1930–2017)

Person · Open Library

Works
2

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  • Mishka and Plishka
  • Red Bird of Ireland

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1930
Active to
2017

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Listeners
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Total plays
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Gordon Langford (11 May 1930 – 18 April 2017) was an English composer, arranger and performer. Although well known in the brass band community as a composer and arranger, he is less well known as a composer of orchestral music, despite winning an Ivor Novello award for his March from the Colour Suite in 1971. Langford was born in Edgware, Middlesex in May 1930 as Gordon Maris Colman. His father was a precision toolmaker. He was a precocious child, beginning piano lessons aged five. <a href="htt

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