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Humphrey Searle

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and has been described as "probably, both the finest and most original piano work ever produced by a British composer".
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in London, after which he went to Vienna on a six-month scholarship to become a private pupil of
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Searle was the son of Humphrey and Charlotte Searle and, through his mother, a grandson of
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from 1947 to 1949. He accepted this post with the encouragement of the new president,
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Quartet for Clarinet, Bassoon, Violin and Viola, Op. 12 (1948; a musical palindrome)
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in 1960), and five symphonies (the first of which was commercially recorded by the
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Searle married Fiona Nicholson in 1960. He died in London in 1982, aged 66.
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where he was a classics scholar before studying—somewhat hesitantly—with
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Searle taught throughout his life; his notable students included
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from 1946 to 1948 to promote it. He was General Secretary of the
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in the United Kingdom, and used his role as a producer at the
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Searle also contributed humorous compositions to some of the
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on that occasion.) The Sonata was loosely based on Liszt's
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Searle wrote his Piano Sonata, Op. 21 for a recital at the
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List of music students by teacher: R to S#Humphrey Searle
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and writer on music. His music combines aspects of late
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on 22 October 1951, given by the Australian pianist
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Index


composer
Romanticism
modernist
serialism
Franz Liszt
Arnold Schoenberg
Anton Webern
his works
Sir William Schlich
Oxford
John Ireland
Royal College of Music
Anton Webern
serial music
BBC
International Society for Contemporary Music
Edward Clark
palindrome
Wigmore Hall
Gordon Watson
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Études
Sonata in B minor
Darmstadt
Gogol
International Rostrum of Composers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult
film scores

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