Frederick Arthur Sefton Cottom
(Frederick Arthur) Sefton Cottom FRCO (18 September 1928 - 21 January 2011) was an organist and composer based in England.
Life
He was born on 18 September 1928 in York.
He was a student of Sir Edward Bairstow and his assistant organist at York Minster.
Graduated in music from Durham University. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and of Trinity College of Music in London.[1]
He moved to Pocklington School in 1951 and became Director of Music.
He died in 2011.
Appointments
- Assistant organist of York Minster 1945
Compositions
He composed organ and church music, but is perhaps better known for his chamber music, including [1] Various Trouts (Verschiedene Forellen), a set of imaginative variations for three flutes on Schubert's Trout Quintet.
References
- ↑ International who's who in music and musician's directory David M. Cummings; Dennis K. McIntire, Twelfth edition 1990/91
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