Background
Dickinson, Peter was born on November 15, 1934 in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, England. Son of Frank and Muriel (Porter) Dickinson.
(Billy Mayerl, as pianist-composer-celebrity-educator, was...)
Billy Mayerl, as pianist-composer-celebrity-educator, was a unique figure in British music from the 1920s to the 1950s. While known to several generations as the composer of Marigold, Mayerl's accomplishments were amazingly varied. One of the most significant contributors to the genre of novelty piano, which succeeded ragtime and overlapped with early jazz, he also wrote more contemplative pieces belonging to the English pastoral tradition. Between the wars he became a familiar figure in the music halls, playing two pianos at once and taking requests; meanwhile he was composing for musical comedies involving some of England's best-known stars. He also started the Billy Mayerl School in 1926 to teach syncopated piano playing and branches opened across England and abroad. This book--which includes a full CD of Mayerl's historic playing--is the first detailed study of his work and should ensure a permanent place for Mayerl and his music.
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Dickinson, Peter was born on November 15, 1934 in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, England. Son of Frank and Muriel (Porter) Dickinson.
Bachelor, Cambridge University, England, 1956. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1960. Doctor of Music, University London, 1992.
Doctor of Music (honorary), University Keele, 1999. Fellow Rotary Foundation, Juilliard School Music, 1959.
Freelance composer, writer, performer, New York City, 1959-1961; lecturer, College St. Mark and St. John, London, 1962-1966; lecturer, Birmingham U., England, 1966-1970; free-lance composer, writer, performer, London, 1970-1974; professor music, Keele U., Staffordshire, England, 1974-1984; emeritus professor, Keele U., Staffordshire, England, 1984; free-lance composer, London, since 1984; professor, Goldsmiths U. London, 1991-1997; emeritus professor, Goldsmiths U. London, 1997; head music Institute United States Studies, U. London, since 1997. President London Concert Choir, 1987-1997. Board directors Trinity College Music, London, 1985-1998, Institute United States Studies, London U., since 1994.
(Billy Mayerl, as pianist-composer-celebrity-educator, was...)
Fellow Royal Society Arts (honorary), Royal College Organists, Trinity College Music (honorary). Member Royal College Music (associate), Royal Academy Music (licentiate), Association Professional Composers (founder), Sonneck Society, Royal Music Association, Royal Society Musicians.
Son of Frank and Muriel (Porter) D. M. Bridget Jane Tomkinson, July 29, 1964. Children: Jasper Edward Peck, Francis Charles Porter.