Name Eric Gilder Died June 1, 2000 | Role Composer | |
Books The dictionary of compo, Mother Goose: A Pantomime, Sinbad the Sailor: A Pantomime, Dick Whittington: A Pantom, Dictionary of Composers | ||
Eric Gilder (25 December 1911 – 1 June 2000) was an English musicologist. He was a composer, teacher, conductor and pianist.
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Brief biography
Eric Gilder began his career as a teacher at a London music college that some years later was renamed as the Eric Gilder School of Music. He trained at the Royal College of Music in London where he studied under John Ireland, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Constant Lambert and Sir Malcolm Sargent from 1936 until he went into war service.
He is remembered with gratitude by the poet and musician Labi Siffre in his poem "education education education". Siffre studied at Gilders school as did Richard Wright of Pink Floyd, Ebo Taylor (Stargazers and Broadway) and Teddy Osei, founder member of Osibisa, a band that played a central role in developing an awareness of African music in the 1970s.
Composer
As a composer he composed extensively for the orchestra, voices, theatre and television. He served as a choral conductor and appeared at the Royal Festival Hall in London as a conductor and pianist.
He was a pupil at Henry Thornton School, Clapham, from 1926 until 1931 and composed the original school song.
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Author
Eric was also a prominent lecturer and he also authored books on a variety of music subjects.