Arthur Hedley
Arthur Hedley (12 November 1905 – 8 November 1969) was a British musicologist, scholar and biographer of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. Educated at Durham and at the Sorbonne, and he devoted much of his life to the study of the composer Frédéric Chopin and his music. 1947 saw the publication of Hedley's biography of Chopin, as part of The Master Musicians series.
Arthur Hedley
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- Name
- Arthur Hedley
- Born
- 12 November 1905
- Died
- 8 November 1969
- Place of death
- Birmingham, England
- Education
- Durham, the Sorbonne
- Occupation
- musicologist, scholar and biographer
- Awards
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Languages
- English
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Arthur Hedley (12 November 1905 – 8 November 1969) was a British musicologist, scholar and biographer of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. Educated at Durham and at the Sorbonne, and he devoted much of his life to the study of the composer Frédéric Chopin and his music. 1947 saw the publication of Hedley's biography of Chopin, as part of The Master Musicians series.
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Having lived in Poland for several years, Hedley learned Polish and was able to translate and edit many of Chopin's letters, which had been collected and annotated by Bronisław Edward Sydow, and which were published in 1962 as Selected Correspondence of Fryderyk Chopin. He processed a considerable collection of Chopiniana, and died in Birmingham on 8 November 1969, aged 63, and is buried in Lodge Hill Cemetery.
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• Name — Arthur Hedley • Born — 12 November 1905 • Died — 8 November 1969 • Place of death — Birmingham, England • Education — Durham, the Sorbonne • Occupation — musicologist, scholar and biographer • Notable Works — biography of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin • Awards — Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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