Person Open DS/UK/11235 Piggott; Patrick (1915-1990); English composer, pianist, musicologist Piggott Patrick 1915-1990 English composer, pianist, musicologist Male

Patrick Piggott (15 June 1915, Dover, England - 9 May 1990, Bristol, England) was an English composer, pianist and musicologist. Piggott studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London - piano with Harold Craxton and composition with Benjamin Dale. Later he studied with Emile Bosquet, Nadia Boulanger and Julius Isserlis. His work as a musicologist and author included The Life and Music of John Field 1782-1837 Creator of the Nocturne, the BBC Music Guide on Rachmaninov Orchestral Music and The Innocent Diversion - Music in the Life and Writings of Jane Austen. When Piggott died he was practically forgotten as a composer. There are no commercial recordings featuring his reputed virtuosity as a pianist, and until Malcolm Binns' 2010 CD of Piggott's piano music on the British Music Society label, no recordings of the composer's music were available. www.mvdaily.com International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 1/20/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 728e46c0-9383-442d-8dac-96d851f23526