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Portrait of Philip Lawson

Composer

Philip Lawson

English baritone, composer, and arranger

b. 1957

51 works and musical collections

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Born
1957
Birthplace
Crawley
Citizenship / historical state
United Kingdom
Period (estimated from birth year)
Contemporary

Biography

Philip Lawson is a British choral conductor, composer and arranger. For 18 years he was a baritone with the King's Singers and the group's principal arranger for the last fifteen years of that period. In 2009 the group's album "Simple Gifts", on which Lawson arranged 10 out of 15 tracks, won the Grammy award for "Best Classical Crossover Album". In February 2012, he left the King's Singers to concentrate on his writing career.

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Life and musical career

Occupations
singer; composer
Education
University of York; Hazelwick School
Instruments played
voice
Languages used
English
ISNI
0000000057036638
GND ID
1113543388
Library of Congress ID
nb2003084291
MusicBrainz ID
adfdda44-1dd7-4c3f-b5c6-8c68206b0e02

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Choir, Piano, A Cappella, Guitar, Vocal
Genres represented
Concert, Pop, A Cappella, Rock, Folk
Source entries with composition dates
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Catalogue

Sheet music catalogue page 2 of 2

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Works and musical collections with sheet music details
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Water Is Wide See work details
  • Choir
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'Tis The Last Rose Of Summer See work details
  • Choir
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Gaelic Blessing See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details

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