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John Stewart Beckett (5 February 1927 – 5 February 2007) was an Irish musician, composer and conductor; cousin of the famous writer and playwright Samuel Beckett. ==Youth and education== John and his twin sister Ann were born in Sandymount, Dublin to Gerald and Peggy Beckett. Gerald, brother of Bill Beckett (Samuel Beckett’s father), studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin and became County Medical Officer for Wicklow.〔''Irish Times'' Obituary by Michael Dervan, ''Early music pioneer who created shockwaves'', 17 February 2007, p. 14; () James Knowlson: ''Damned to Fame - The Life of Samuel Beckett'', p. 7; 532 Superintendent Registrar’s District Dublin, Registrar’s District No 4, Births, Nos. 391 and 392 (General Register Office, Dublin).〕 Gerald Beckett played rugby for Ireland, and captained a golf club. A quiet man with wide interests, he was quite irreligious, with a dry sense of humour, describing life as "a disease of matter". He was very musical and enjoyed playing piano duets with a friend, David Owen Williams, who later became a director in the Guinness Brewery, and his son, John, and his nephew, Samuel Beckett.〔James Knowlson: ''Damned to Fame'', p. 7 - 8; Charles Gannon: ''Cathal Gannon - The Life and Times of a Dublin Craftsman'', p. 254.〕 John's twin Ann later pioneered the profession of occupational therapy in Ireland becoming the country's first professionally qualified practitioner.〔Patterson, M. (1992) 'Ann Beckett Interview', Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 22(1), pp. 31-33.〕 and his older brother Peter became the first Professor of Psychiatry in Trinity College Dublin and later the Dean of Medicine at Trinity.〔Webb, M. (2012) 'Trinity’s Psychiatrists: From Serenity of the Soul to Neuroscience', Ir J Psych Med, 29(2), pp. 136.〕 John Beckett attended St. Columba's College, Dublin,〔''The Columban'', December issue, 1940.〕 where he was taught music by Joe Groocock, whom he admired little short of idolatry, and who furthered his lifelong devotion to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.() (John shared the same initials, J. S. B., with the famous composer.) John wrote his first fugue at around the age of fourteen in the Groocock family home while visiting one weekend.〔(Andrew Robinson (Recumbentman) on h2g2 )〕 John Beckett's father's friend, David Owen Williams, who had served in Germany during World War II, brought home a complete set of vocal scores of Bach’s Cantatas, which made a huge impression on John. In 1933 the family moved to the Burnaby Estate, Greystones, County Wicklow. Gerald Beckett worked in Rathdrum, also in County Wicklow.〔(John Beckett, interviewed by Charles Gannon on 31 July 1998 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John S. Beckett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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