biography
pronunciation:
[laytn]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1929–88)
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| biography:
| Composer and pianist, born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, N England, UK. After graduating from Oxford, he studied composition in Rome. He taught composition at Edinburgh University from 1956, and from 1970 was professor of music there. His works include choral music, piano concertos, three symphonies, organ and chamber music, and an opera, Columba (1981). |
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