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Sir David Valentine Willcocks CBE MC (30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015) was a British choral conductor, organist, composer and music administrator. He was particularly well known for his association with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, which he directed from 1957 to 1974, making frequent broadcasts and recordings. Several of the descants and carol arrangements he wrote for the annual service of Nine Lessons and Carols were published in the series of books Carols for Choirs which he edited along with Reginald Jacques and John Rutter. He was also director of the Royal College of Music in London.

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  • David Valentine Willcocks (* 30. Dezember 1919 in Newquay, Cornwall; † 17. September 2015 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) war ein britischer Chorleiter, Komponist und Organist. Er erhielt zahlreiche Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen, auch militärische. Er studierte Orgel am King’s College (Cambridge) und war Organist und Chorleiter an der Kathedrale von Salisbury, dann an der Kathedrale von Worcester. Er wurde Musikdirektor des Orchesters und Chores des King’s College in Cambridge von 1957 bis 1973. (de)
  • David Valentine Willcocks, CBE, MC, (Newquay, 30 december 1919 – 17 september 2015) was een Engelse organist, componist en koordirigent. Hij studeerde aan het Royal College of Music in Londen en aan King's College in Cambridge, waar hij de graad van organist behaalde. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog diende hij in het Britse leger. Na de oorlog werd hij organist in de kathedraal van Salisbury. Vervolgens dirigeerde hij het koor van de kathedraal van Worcester, en in 1957 werd hij benoemd tot hoogleraar muziek aan zijn alma mater, het King's College, en tegelijk organist en dirigent van het koor van King's College Chapel. (nl)
  • David Willcocks est un chef d'orchestre, compositeur, organiste et chef de chœur britannique né le 30 décembre 1919 à Newquay en Cornouailles, et mort le 17 septembre 2015. (fr)
  • Sir David Valentine Willcocks (ur. 30 grudnia 1919 w Newquay, zm. 17 września 2015 w Cambridge) – angielski dyrygent i organista. Od 1929 do 1934 roku śpiewał w chórze Opactwa Westminsterskiego. Od 1947 roku był organistą i mistrzem chóru w katedrze w Salisbury, od 1950 roku pełnił takie same funkcje w katedrze w Worcester, a w latach 1957–1973 był dyrektorem muzycznym w King’s College w Cambridge. (pl)
  • Sir David Valentine Willcocks CBE MC (30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015) was a British choral conductor, organist, composer and music administrator. He was particularly well known for his association with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, which he directed from 1957 to 1974, making frequent broadcasts and recordings. Several of the descants and carol arrangements he wrote for the annual service of Nine Lessons and Carols were published in the series of books Carols for Choirs which he edited along with Reginald Jacques and John Rutter. He was also director of the Royal College of Music in London. (en)
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