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Michael John Hurd (19 December 1928 – 8 August 2006) was a composer and musicologist principally known for his choral music.〔Obituary, Independent Newspaper 16 August 2006 Lewis Foreman〕 He was born in Gloucester on 19 December 1928 and educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester,〔(See obituary by contemporary at The Crypt School )〕 and Pembroke College, Oxford. He was also a composition pupil of Lennox Berkeley. After National Service he taught at the Royal Marines Band School at Deal,〔(Memories of ex bandsmen who knew Hurd )〕 before settling in East Hampshire where he took a leading role in the area's music-making.〔(Tribute evening at Petersfield Music Festival ),〕 Like his fellow Petersfield resident, Wilfred Brown, Hurd championed the memory of Gerald Finzi, co-editing the composer's correspondence with Howard Ferguson.〔''Letters of Gerald Finzi and Howard Ferguson''. Ferguson, H., Hurd, M. 2001. Solihull: Helion & Company, Ltd. ISBN 0851158234〕 He also championed the music of Rutland Boughton (he was Music Advisor to The Rutland Boughton Music Trust from 1978 to 2006) and Ivor Gurney. His lifelong friends include the writer David Hughes and his actress wife Mai Zetterling. While his was first and foremost an academic career, his work also reached a wider audience through film scores and his materials for schoolchildren. He is most noted for his "pop" cantatas such as ''Jonah-Man Jazz'' (1966). He died on 8 August 2006. ==Selected compositions== * Pop cantatas: * *''Jonah-Man Jazz'' (1966) * *''Swingin' Samson'' (1973) * *''Rooster Rag'' (1975) *''Music's Praise'' (1968) *''Dance Diversions'' (1972) *''Shepherd's Calendar'' (1975) *''Night Songs of Edward Thomas'' (1994) *''Five Spiritual Songs'' (1996) 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「Michael Hurd (composer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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