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A. J. Potter
Archibald James (Archie) Potter (22 September 1918 – 5 July 1980) was an Irish composer and teacher, who wrote hundreds of works including operas, a mass, and four ballets, as well as orchestral and chamber music.
==Early years==
Potter was born in Belfast to a Presbyterian family who, oddly, lived on the Falls Road, a republican (Catholic) stronghold. His father was a church organist and piano tuner who was blind since childhood. His mother was, in Potter's own words, "a raging alcoholic". The young Potter escaped a rather grim childhood when he went to live with an aunt in Kent, England.〔''The Irish Times'', "Dr. A. J. Potter - An Appreciation", July 17, 1980〕
Possessed of a good voice and natural musical ability, Potter was accepted as a treble by the world-famous choir of All Saints, Margaret Street. In 1933, after four years as a chorister, he was sent to Clifton College, Bristol. From there he went to the Royal College of Music on a scholarship and studied composition under Vaughan Williams.〔 While at the Royal College he won the Cobbett prize for chamber music.〔Hourican, Bridget, 'Potter, Archibald James (‘Archie’)', in (''Dictionary of Irish Biography'' ), retrieved 12 April 2012〕
World War II interrupted Potter's music education, and he left college to serve with the London Irish Rifles in Europe and the Far East.〔''The Irish Times'', 23 February 1952, p. 4.〕 After the war Potter settled in Dublin, where he continued his studies at Trinity College, Dublin, gaining a Doctorate in Music in 1953.〔
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