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Kenneth Leighton
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It sits within the topics 1929 births, 1988 deaths and 20th-century British classical pianists.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1929
- Died
- 1988
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Pieces for Angela, for piano, op.47
- Concerto,
- A Leighton Organ Album
- An Easter sequence for boys' or female voices and organ, with optional trumpet
- Conflicts
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1929-10-02
- Active to
- 1988-08-24
Discography
- Finzi: Cello Concerto / Leighton: Suite “Veris Gratia”1986
- Cello Concerto / Symphony no. 3 "Laudes musicae"1989
- Cathedral Music1992
- Choral Music1997
- Mass in G minor2001
- Sacred Choral Music: An Easter Sequence / Crucifixus pro nobis2004
- The World's Desire2008
- Orchestral Works, Volume 1: Organ Concerto / Concerto for String Orchestra / Symphony for Strings2008
- Orchestral Works, Volume 2: Symphony no. 2 "Sinfonia mistica" / Te Deum laudamus2008
- Organ Works, Volume 12014
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6,723
- Total plays
- 28,024
Tags
Kenneth Leighton (b. Wakefield, October 2, 1929, d. Edinburgh, August 24, 1988) was an English composer. Leighton was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire and was a chorister at Wakefield Cathedral from 1937 to 1942. He earned the LRAM Piano Performer's Diploma in 1946. In 1947 he went to The Queen's College, Oxford on a Hastings Scholarship in Classics. In 1950, he graduated with both BA in Classics and in 1951 with a BMus (having studied with Bernard Rose). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kenneth+L
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kenneth
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wakefield
- Place of death
- Edinburgh
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- The Queen's College
- Employer
- University of Edinburgh
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- symphony
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Kenneth Leighton, 1981.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1929-10-02
- date of death
- 1988-08-24
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