Peter Racine Fricker

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Synopsis

English composer, organist, and teacher

  • Born in London on Sept. 5, 1920
  • 1937 Studied at the Royal College of Music
  • He studied organ with Bullock
  • 1955 taught at the Royal College of Music
  • 1964 he became visiting professor of music at the University of California at Santa Barbara
  • 1965 became full time professor of music.
  • Died in Santa Barbara, CA, USA on Feb. 1, 1990

1947-1985 Fluent contrapuntist, he did not embrace the pastoral music of Vaugham Williams, but was mentored by Hindemith, Schoenberg and others. He wrote Laudi concertati for organ and orchestra. He went through a neoclassical period from the 1940's to 1960's. See the [1] for more details on his organ works.

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