Sir David Valentine Willcocks

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choral conductor composer human music educator organist

Sir David Valentine Willcocks was a renowned British choral conductor, organist, composer, and former Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge, celebrated especially for his influential Christmas carol arrangements and recordings.

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Sir David Valentine Willcocks canonical 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral conductor ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
music educator ⓘ
organist ⓘ
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Knight Bachelor ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1919-12-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2015-09-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Clifton College NERFINISHED ⓘ
King's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal College of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer King’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal College of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Bach Choir (London) NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Willcocks NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork choral arrangement ⓘ
choral conducting ⓘ
church music ⓘ
fullName David Valentine Willcocks NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre Christmas music ⓘ
choral music ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
givenName David NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valentine NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
notableStudent John Rutter NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Carols for Choirs NERFINISHED ⓘ
arrangements of Christmas carols ⓘ
descants for Christmas carols ⓘ
recordings with the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
occupation arranger ⓘ
choral conductor ⓘ
composer ⓘ
music director ⓘ
organist ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
placeOfBirth Newquay, Cornwall, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cambridge, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Director of Music at King’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
Director of the Royal College of Music ⓘ
Musical Director of the Bach Choir ⓘ
Organist of King’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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David Willcocks → fullName → Sir David Valentine Willcocks ⓘ
Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal → positionHeldBy → Sir David Valentine Willcocks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir David Willcocks