Best, Roger

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Best, Roger
Date of birth
1938-09-28
Date of death
2013-10-08
Place of birth
Liverpool (England)
Associate group
Royal College of Music (Great Britain)
Royal College of Music (Great Britain) (1973)
Northern Sinfonia
Occupation
Violists
Viola teacher
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Britten, B. Works for string orchestra [SR] p1985: label (Roger Best, viola)
Int. ww in mus., 16th ed. (Best, Roger
b. Sept. 28, 1938, Liverpool, England
violist, college professor)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 211535677
Wikidata: Q110213032
Library of congress: n 88604407
TAU10: 000306887
Sources of Information
  • Britten, B. Works for string orchestra [SR] p1985:label (Roger Best, viola)
  • Int. ww in mus., 16th ed.(Best, Roger; b. Sept. 28, 1938, Liverpool, England; violist, college professor)
  • Telegraph (online), viewed Nov. 6, 2013(Roger Best; b. Sept. 28, 1936, Liverpool; d. Oct. 8, 2013; principal viola of the Alberni Quartet and the Northern Sinfonia; champion of important works for his instrument by composers such as Malcolm Arnold and Richard Rodney Bennett)