William Wordsworth (composer)


William Brocklesby Wordsworth was an English composer.
Wordsworth was born in London, a descendant of the poet Wordsworth's brother. He studied harmony and counterpoint under George Oldroyd from 1921 to 1931, continuing his study with Donald Francis Tovey at Edinburgh University from 1934 to 1936. In anticipation of conscientious objection he voluntarily began work on the land in 1939, and this role was later made a condition of exemption from military service by his tribunal. He lived in England until 1961 when he moved to Inverness-shire; in 1966, he helped found the Scottish Composer's Guild. His works, which number over 100, kept tonal and Romantic in style in the widest sense, ranking amongst the best of the genre along with Edmund Rubbra.
He helped form the Society of Scottish Composers.
He died at Kingussie in Scotland.

Works

;Orchestral
;Concertos
;Chamber
;Vocal
;Piano Solo