Donald Tovey
Sir Donald Francis Tovey was a British music analyst, musicologist, writer on music, composer, conductor and pianist. He had been best known for his Essays in Musical Analysis and his editions of works by Bach and Beethoven, but since the 1990s his compositions have been recorded and performed with increasing frequency. The recordings have mostly been well received by reviewers.
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- 🏆 Knight Bachelor🏆 Walter Willson Cobbett Medal
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1875
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