Joseph Cooper
British pianist, broadcaster and composer Joseph Cooper died on 4 August 2001, aged 88. Cooper studied at Clifton College, Bristol, and at Oxford, where he was an organ scholar at Keble and a friend of Britain's musical ex-prime minister Edward Heath. He studied with Egon Petri and built an international career as a soloist. He wrote music for film documentaries, working with Auden and Britten, and became well-known amongst British radio and TV audiences for the quiz show Face the Music.
Information: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/articles/c/j/joseph-cooper.htm
Posted: 10 August 2001
Next item:
Whilst Music & Vision strives for accuracy in everything published,
we can accept no responsibility for textual inaccuracy.
|
