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William Mathias

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Also known as William James Mathias

Welsh composer (1934-1992)

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63

Top works

  • Royal Garland
  • Concerto for Clarinet
  • Nativity Carol
  • Vistas
  • Te Deum, for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, and Tenor Soloists, Mixed Chorus, and Orchestra (Latin Edition)

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DE
Active from
1963
Active to
2025-08-13

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William Mathias (November 1, 1934 — July 29, 1992) was a Welsh composer. Mathias was born in Whitland, Carmarthenshire. A child prodigy, he started playing the piano aged three, and composing aged five. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Lennox Berkeley, where he was elected a Fellow in 1965. In 1968, he received the Bax Society Prize of the Harriet Cohen International Music Award. He was professor of music and head of department at the University of Wales, Bangor from 1970 until 19

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

    · 1996 · cited 61,493x

  2. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

    · 1976 · cited 43,862x

  3. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

    · 1983 · cited 38,972x

  4. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

    · 2010 · cited 30,735x

  5. Preparation of Graphitic Oxide

    · 1958 · cited 28,531x

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1934-11-01
date of death
1992-07-29
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William Mathias
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1934 births1992 deaths20th-century British classical composers20th-century Welsh male musiciansAcademics of Bangor UniversityAlumni of the Royal Academy of MusicBrass band composersClassical composers of church musicCommanders of the Order of the British EmpireComposers for pipe organPeople from CarmarthenshirePresidents of the Independent Society of MusiciansWelsh male classical composers