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Alun Hoddinott |
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11th August 1929 |
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Bargoed, Glamorganshire, Wales, UK |
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Alun Hoddinott (born 1929) is a Welsh composer.
Hoddinott was educated at University College, Cardiff, and studied with Arthur Benjamin. His first major composition, the Clarinet Concerto, was performed at the Cheltenham Festival of 1954. By this time he was lecturing at the Welsh College of Music and Drama. Possibly his best known work is his opera, The Beach of Falesa. In 2005, Hoddinott produced a fanfare to be performed at the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, to Camilla Parker Bowles.
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