Background
HARPER, Edward was born on March 17, 1941 in Taunton, Somerset.
HARPER, Edward was born on March 17, 1941 in Taunton, Somerset.
King Edward VI Grammar School, Guildford, Royal College, of Music and Christ Church, Oxford.
Bartok Games 1972, Fanny Robin (chamber opera) 1975, Ricercari 1975, 7 Poems by East. East. Cummings 1977, Symphony 1979, Clarinet Concerto 1981, Hedda Gabler (opera) 1985, Qui creavit coelum (mass) 1986, The Mellstock Quire (opera) 1987.Lecturer in Music, University of Edinburgh 1964, Senior Lecturer since 1972. Director New Music Group of Scotland since 1973.
Married 1st Penelope Teece in 1969 (divorced in 1984). Married 2nd Dorothy C. Shanks in 1984, one son one daughter.