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LEIGHTON, Kenneth

Kenneth Leighton, photographed in 1988

Born in Wakefield, Oct 2, 1929
Died in Edinburgh, Aug 24, 1988

  • Leighton was a child chorister at Wakefield Cathedral, studied composition at Queen’s College, Oxford, and went on to teach at Leeds University, Oxford, and Edinburgh University.
  • Style: Leighton composed many pieces of choral sacred music, and his instrumental works are also influenced by liturgical tradition, with themes frequently inspired by plainsong or chorales.1

Sources

  1. Richard Cooke and Malcolm Miller, “Leighton, Kenneth,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed November 6, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000016344.

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