English, Gerald

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Name (Latin)
English, Gerald
Date of birth
1925-11-06
Date of death
2019-02-06
Associated country
Australia
Great Britain
Field of activity
Music
Occupation
Tenors (Singers)
College administrators
Conductors (Music)
Harpsichordists
Music teachers
Opera producers and directors
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
tenor
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 69118313
Wikidata: Q5549107
Library of congress: n 82162216
HAI10: 000674135
Sources of Information
  • Guardian WWW site, viewed March 4, 2019(Gerald English, tenor, born 6 November 1925, Hull, East Yorkshire; died 6 February 2019; a founder member of the Deller Consort; from 1960 to 1977 he was a professor at the Royal College of Music, at the same period acting as tutor at New College, Oxford; appointed founding director of the Opera Studio at the Victoria College of the Arts in Melbourne (1977-89), where he lectured, taught singing, directed and conducted operas, sometimes from the harpsichord, and also supervised postgraduate vocal studies in Baroque music and movement; from 1990 to 1994 he was a lecturer in the music department of Newcastle University, New South Wales, and he retired from singing in 2004)
  • Wikipedia, viewed September 9, 2014(Gerald English; born November 6, 1925; English tenor)
  • Vaughan Williams, R. [Mass] [Phonodisc] Mass in G minor, 1961.