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Brian Easdale (10 August 1909 – 30 October 1995) [1] was a British composer of operatic, orchestral, choral and film music, best known for his ballet film score The Red Shoes of 1948.
Brian Easdale. Composer: The Red Shoes. Brian studied under Gordon Jacob and Armstrong Gibbs at the RCM (Royal College of Music). He wrote his first opera (Rapunzel) at the age of 17 and at age 20 had the honor of having a Dead March processional he had written performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir 'Malcolm Sargent'.
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Overview. Born. August 10, 1909 · Manchester, England, UK. Died. October 30, 1995 · London, England, UK (undisclosed) Mini Bio. Brian studied under Gordon Jacob and Armstrong Gibbs at the RCM (Royal College of Music).
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- October 30, 1995
Brian Easdale is chiefly known for the second of 13 film scores composed for Michael Powell and Emmerich Pressberger between 1947 (Black Narcissus) and 1961 (The Queen's Guards) -- The Red Shoes of 1948, which won him an Academy Award. He briefly interrupted a 15-year retirement in 1978 for Return to the Edge of the World, a documentary about ...
Brian Easdale is chiefly known for the second of 13 film scores composed for Michael Powell and Emmerich Pressberger between 1947 (Black Narcissus) and 1961 (The Queen's Guards) -- The Red Shoes of 1948,… Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Born. August 10, 1909 in Manchester, England. Died. October 30, 1995 in England. Genre.
Brian Easdale (1909 – 1995) was a slightly older contemporary of Britten who (like Britten) studied at the Royal College of Music, under Gordon Jacob, and (like Britten) wrote music for the GPO film Unit in the 1930s. Other interesting comparisons are that he composed (like Britten) a piano concerto in 1938.
