Pitfield, Thomas
Variant namesEpithet: composer
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0002e7
Pitfield was born Apr 5 1903 in Bolton, and worked in engineering on leaving school in 1917. In 1924 he entered the Royal Manchester College of Music for a year. He taught at Tettenhall College from 1935-1945, becoming composition tutor at the RMCM in 1947 and latterly the RNCM, retiring in 1973.
His numerous compositions included works for orchestra, brass band, chamber ensembles, piano solo, and choral.
Pitfield published 2 volumes of autobiography: No Song, No Supper (1986) and A Song After Supper (1991), and many other works. Fuller details of his life can be found in these volumes.
He married Alice Astbury, a fellow student at the RMCM, on December 26 1934, and died in 1999.
From the guide to the Thomas Pitfield Collections, 1903-2000, (Royal Northern College of Music)
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Person
Birth 1903-04-05
Death 1999-11-11
Male
Bretons
