Jones, Daniel, 1912-1993

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Name (Latin)
Jones, Daniel, 1912-1993
Other forms of name
Jones, Daniel, 1912-1993 LC heading exists as 4xx to this record
Jones, Daniel
Date of birth
1912-12-07
Date of death
1993-04-23
Field of activity
English literature
Music
Occupation
Authors
Composers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 102395001
Wikidata: Q1161262
Library of congress: nb2006024608
OCoLC: oca00075541
Sources of Information
  • Grove music online, viewed January 15, 2014(Jones, Daniel (Jenkyn); born December 7, 1912, Pembroke, died April 23, 1993, Swansea; Welsh composer)
  • Grove, 7 Nov. 2006(Daniel Jenkyn Jones born 7 dec. 1912, died 23 April 1993, took a degree in English Literature in 1934 before beginning a career in music)
  • My friend Dylan Thomas, 1977:t.p. (Daniel Jones)
  • His Songs from Under milk wood, c1957.
  • New Grove(Jones, Daniel (Jenkyn); b. Dec. 7, 1912, Pembroke; Welsh composer; editor of Dylan Thomas' Complete poems)
  • Gramophone including compact disc news and reviews, July 1993:p. 13 (Jones, Daniel; dead at age of 80)

Wikipedia description:

Daniel Jenkyn Jones (7 December 1912 – 23 April 1993) was a Welsh composer of classical music, who worked in Britain. He used both serial and tonal techniques. He is best known for his quartets and thirteen symphonies (some composed in his own system of 'Complex Metres') and for his song settings for Dylan Thomas's play Under Milk Wood.

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