Gordon Langford
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1930-05-11
- Died
- 2017-04-18
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Mishka and Plishka
- Red Bird of Ireland
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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
Key dates
- Born
- 11 May 1930
- Died
- 18 April 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gordon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Edgware
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- piano
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1930 births2017 deaths20th-century British classical composers20th-century English composers20th-century English male composersAlumni of the Royal Academy of MusicBBC music peopleBrass band composersEnglish classical composersEnglish light music composersEnglish male classical composersPeople educated at Bedford Modern School