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Harold Craxton

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Harold Craxton

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Also known as Thomas Harold Hunt Craxton

British musician (1885-1971)

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Beethoven Complete Pianoforte Sonatas
  • Seven Sonatinas Complete (Signature S.)

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1885
Active to
1971

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
16
Total plays
48

The English composer and pianist, Thomas Harold Hunt Craxton, was the son of a publican, and essentially a self-made man. His early musical instruction was typically provincial but he made a first public appearance at the age of 5 and took the Trinity College Grade One piano examination when he was 7. Some surviving manuscripts, while undated, are in such a childish hand as to suggest he was composing by his early teens at least. He next went to the Tobias Matthay Pianoforte School where he stud

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