Peter Crossley-Holland

Peter Crossley-Holland (28 January 1916 – 27 April 2001 both composed in 1938, won him a composition scholarship at the Royal College of Music, where he was taught by John Ireland. He later he returned to Oxford for a B. Mus. degree. His graduating piece was in the celtic style, “A Song of Saint Columba”. Career From 1948, he was a producer for the BBC Radio classical music station Third Programme, Personal life He married Joan Mary Cowper in 1939. They had two children, Kevin and Sally. He set some of his son’s poems to music; his final work, the song “The Philosopher Bird” has words by his son Kevin and is dedicated to his daughter Sally. He and his wife were divorced in 1970. He subsequently married Dr. Nicole Crossley-Holland (née Marzac), a French medieval historian who taught at Aberystwyth University. He died in London of a heart attack on 27 April 2001, age 85. References