Search results
For over four decades Wilfred Josephs has led an enviably creative and prolific career as one of Britain's most distinguished composers. Well-known as much for his concert music as that composed for film or television, Josephs is a true craftsman in every compositional form and style with a catalogue of works that encompasses almost every ...
Wilfred Josephs. The British composer Wilfred Josephs was born in Newcastle on 24 July 1927. After early studies with Arthur Milner, he won a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music, studying with Alfred Nieman, and a Leverhulme Scholarship enabled him to learn in Paris with Max Deutsch.
JOSEPHS, Wilfred b Newcastle, 24 July 1927 d London 17 November 1997. He studied medicine and then trained as a dentist. He found time for composing and won a Gaudeamus Prize with a piano trio. After studying at the Guildhall School of Music he was awarded a Leverhulme Scholarship which took him to Paris for a year as a pupil of Max Deutsch.
A jury chaired by Victor de Sabata, and including the composers Ghedini and Petrassi and the conductors Franco Ferrara and Nino Sanzogno, had declared his Requiem, completed nine months earlier, the winner.
Wilfred Josephs. British composer. Learn about this topic in these articles: use of sonata form. In sonata: New principles of musical form.
Nov 17, 1997 · Wilfred Josephs was a composer whose career carried him from the concert hall to the movie and television soundstage. Born in Newcastle in 1927, he prepared for a career as a dentist but never abandoned…. Read Full Biography.
Wilfred Josephs was born on 24 July 1927 in Newcastle, England, UK. He was a composer and writer, known for Waterloo (1970), Touch of Death (1961) and Mystery and Imagination (1966). He was married to Valerie Wisbey. He died on 17 November 1997 in London, England, UK.
