Peter Warlock, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Peter Warlock

British composer and music critic

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1894

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 17-Dec-1930

Profession: composer, music critic, musicologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Peter Warlock

  • Philip Arnold Heseltine (30 October 1894 – 17 December 1930), known by the pseudonym Peter Warlock, was a British composer and music critic.
  • The Warlock name, which reflects Heseltine's interest in occult practices, was used for all his published musical works.
  • He is best known as a composer of songs and other vocal music; he also achieved notoriety in his lifetime through his unconventional and often scandalous lifestyle. As a schoolboy at Eton College, Heseltine met the British composer Frederick Delius, with whom he formed a close friendship.
  • After a failed student career in Oxford and London, Heseltine turned to musical journalism, while developing interests in folk-song and Elizabethan music.
  • His first serious compositions date from around 1915.
  • Following a period of inactivity, a positive and lasting influence on his work arose from his meeting in 1916 with the Dutch composer Bernard van Dieren; he also gained creative impetus from a year spent in Ireland, studying Celtic culture and language.
  • On his return to England in 1918, Heseltine began composing songs in a distinctive, original style, while building a reputation as a combative and controversial music critic.
  • During 1920–21 he edited the music magazine The Sackbut.
  • His most prolific period as a composer came in the 1920s, when he was based first in Wales and later at Eynsford in Kent. Through his critical writings, published under his own name, Heseltine made a pioneering contribution to the scholarship of early music.
  • In addition, he produced a full-length biography of Frederick Delius and wrote, edited, or otherwise assisted the production of several other books and pamphlets.
  • Towards the end of his life, Heseltine became depressed by a loss of his creative inspiration.
  • He died in his London flat of coal gas poisoning in 1930, probably by his own hand.

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