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GARDNER, John

John Gardner conducting at the Canford summer school, Dorset, in the mid-1960s

Born in Manchester, March 2, 1917
Died in Liss Forest, Hampshire, December 12, 2011

  • John Gardner was an organist, composer and teacher.
  • Gardner was an organ scholar at Exeter College, Oxford before serving in WWII. Later he taught at several English colleges and schools, including the Royal Academy of Music.
  • Gardner’s music is noted for eclecticism, with stylistic traits selected to fit the subject of each of his works, ranging from jazz to serialism to counterpoint to popular styles.1

Biography

Sources

  1. Andrew Burn, “Gardner, John,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed October 8, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000010666.

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