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Myers Foggin

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Foggin was guest conductor of several leading Italian orchestras in addition to holding several appointments in the UK, where he conducted the People's Palace Choral Society (1936–49) and Croydon Philharmonic Society (1957–73), and he was musical director at the Toynbee Hall from 1946–49. He was
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in September 1946 together with the cellist David Ffrangcon-Thomas performing cello sonatas by British and Czech composers. During the tour he also broadcast a specially arranged programme of British piano works from Prague.
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Soon after completion of his studies, Foggin was appointed Professor of Pianoforte at the Royal Academy (1936–49), later also holding the post of Director of Opera (1948–65). He was Warden of the Royal Academy from 1949–65.
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from 1967–72. Foggin was guest conductor with the Carl Rosa Opera, Sadler's Wells Opera and the
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Foggin's international concert pianist career included appearances in
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on a Parlophone album of songs by Mussorgsky released in late 1934.
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with Frederick Thurston, to whom Stanford rededicated the work,
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from 1927–1932. His teachers included the composer York Bowen.
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International Who’s Who in Music and Musicians’ Directory
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for clarinet and piano (also with Thurston), and Brahms'
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Royal Academy of Music
London
Paris
Rome
Naples
Palermo
Malta
Algiers
Charles Villiers Stanford
Brahms’
Watson Forbes
Vladimir Rosing
Czechoslovakia
Trinity College of Music
Royal Philharmonic Society
National Federation of Music Societies
BBC
CBE
Chichester
G. J. Cuming
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1908 births
1986 deaths
English conductors (music)
British male conductors (music)

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