Death of UK composer, 59

Death of UK composer, 59

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norman lebrecht

June 25, 2020

The prolific film and TV composer Jonathan Whitehead has died of a heart attack.

His TV shows included Green Wing, Nathan Barley, Smack the Pony and the Graham Norton Show.

He was fond of quoting his Bristol University tutor, Derek Bourgeois, who greeted new students with the declaration: ‘Music is dead – there’s nothing after Stravinsky.’ Bourgeois enjoyed phenomenal success as a TV composer and phenomenal failure as composer of 116 symphonies.

 

 

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