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Cedric Thorpe Davie OBE (30 May 1913 – 18 January 1983) was a musician and composer, most notably of film scores such as The Green Man in 1956. A high proportion of his film and documentary music and his concert pieces have a Scottish theme.
But these recordings are not an affair of purely local moment: Cedric Thorpe Davie was a composer whose status in twentieth-century Scottish culture deserves far clearer recognition that it has had – and whose individual and spirited music deserves listeners around the world.
Cedric Thorpe Davie was born on 13 May 1913 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was a composer, known for Minions (2015), Snowbound (1948) and The Warriors (1955). He died on 18 January 1983.
- Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack
- May 13, 1913
- Cedric Thorpe Davie
- January 18, 1983
Cedric Thorpe Davie (30 May 1913, Lewisham, South London – 18 January 1983) was a Scottish composer, music educator, conductor, organist and hornist.
Apr 16, 2021 · A recording of Cedric Thorpe Davie's "Come holy Ghost, the Maker", sung by the Cappella Nicolai, conducted by Michael Hedley (2020 †).Live recording during P...
- 6 min
- 502
- Muziek in de Nicolaas
First performed in public at the Caird Hall, Dundee, on Wednesday 8th April 1953.
- 8 min
- 223
- Christopher Goddard
Cedric Thorpe Davie (1913-1983) was born in London, the son of famous voice teacher, Thorpe Davie. Cedric studied at the Scottish National Academy of Music in Glasgow and a Caird scholarship enabled him to move to the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1932 where he studied piano with Egon Petri and Harold Craxton and horn with Aubrey Brain.
