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Peter Warlock

1894 - 1930

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Warlock is the 1,268th most popular composer (up from 1,310th in 2019), the 4,482nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,676th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Peter Warlock ranks 1,268 out of 1,451. Before him are Georg Friedrich Haas, Marco Beltrami, H. C. Robbins Landon, Victor Herbert, Gerald Finzi, and Näcip Cihanov. After him are Vladimir Martynov, Florence Price, Vincent Youmans, Klaus Egge, Pauline Oliveros, and Federico Chueca.

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Among people born in 1894, Peter Warlock ranks 230. Before him are André Jousseaume, Johannes Block, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, Tay Garnett, Arthur Freed, and Oliver Leese. After him are Robert Benson, Belle Moore, Curt Backeberg, Alan Crosland, Francisco Pagazaurtundúa, and Arthur Fadden. Among people deceased in 1930, Peter Warlock ranks 117. Before him are Mary Harrison McKee, Rainer Ludwig Claisen, Evelyn Colyer, Milton Sills, Eligio Ayala, and Eduard David. After him are Henri Cohen, Varlam Avanesov, William Diller Matthew, Thomas Walker Arnold, Erik Algot Fredriksson, and Maria Polydouri.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Warlock ranks 4,483 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Hudson (1701), David Burke (1934), Aaron Ramsey (1990), Tracey Ullman (1959), Raye (1997), and Barbara Windsor (1937). After him are George Hadley (1685), Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781), Kenneth Frampton (1930), Scott Brown (1985), Emily Davies (1830), and Clara Reeve (1729).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Peter Warlock ranks 73. Before him are Granville Bantock (1868), Thomas Campion (1567), Ivor Novello (1893), George Alexander Macfarren (1813), Rachel Portman (1960), and Gerald Finzi (1901). After him are Maurice Greene (1696), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Thomas Tomkins (1572), Samuel Arnold (1740), Hamilton Harty (1879), and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875).

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