About Kenneth Leighton
Kenneth Leighton (b. Wakefield, October 2, 1929, d. Edinburgh, August 24, 1988) was an English composer. Leighton was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire and was a chorister at Wakefield Cathedral from 1937 to 1942. He earned the LRAM Piano Performer's Diploma in 1946. In 1947 he went to The Queen's College, Oxford on a Hastings Scholarship in Classics. In 1950, he graduated with both BA in Classics and in 1951 with a BMus (having studied with Bernard Rose).
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3 Carols, Op. 25: No. 2, Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
Veris gratia, Op. 6: VII. Hymn to Cypris
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, "Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense"
An Easter Sequence
Hymn
Lully, lulla
Nunc Dimittis
Violin Concerto, Op. 12: II. Intermezzo. Moderato con moto, sempre dolce
A Hymn of the Nativity
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