Kenneth Leighton

Kenneth Leighton was a British composer, pianist and university teacher (1929–1988). He was born at Wakefield and died at Edinburgh.

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Identity

What the record establishes about Kenneth Leighton.

Kenneth Leighton is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Kenneth Leighton is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom. Kenneth Leighton is classed in the genre symphony. Kenneth Leighton is recorded as composer, pianist and university teacher. Open Library catalogues 14 works under this name.

Works and catalogued output

What Kenneth Leighton produced.

The Garden in the Machine : A Field Guide to Independent Films about Place / Scott MacDonald. is dated 2001 and held by Wellcome Collection. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 3 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 3 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 14 works under this heading.

Context

Professional and other correspondence is dated 1794-1944 and held by Wellcome Collection. Fell, Dame Honor Bridget (1900-1986) is dated 1919-1988 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Holdings and surviving copies

The Music Of Kenneth Leighton (1971) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Wellcome Collection records 3 objects associated with this heading.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Kenneth Leighton may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Kenneth Leighton is established in the international name authorities as MusicBrainz 9784c54d-1a8a-4ad4-8f20-0a1677084a00, Social Networks and Archival Context w6qd258w, Bibliothèque nationale de France 13896515p, Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) 123722330, Library of Congress n79090069, Libraries Australia 1096923, ISNI 0000000114429471, IdRef 151272441, Discogs 1904012, VIAF 44485607 and Wikidata Q1569624.

Catalogued works

18 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection.

Sequence for All Saints. Symfonie nr. 2. The World's Desire. Pieces for Angela, for piano, op.47. Concerto,. A Leighton Organ Album. An Easter sequence for boys' or female voices and organ, with optional trumpet. Conflicts. Dance suite, in D, op. 53. Festival fanfare, for organ. Metamorphoses, for violin and piano, op. 48. Seven variations for string quartet. Seven variations, for string quartet. Op. 43. Six studies. Sonata for cello solo, op. 52. Symphony, op. 42, for orchestra. Veris gratia. The Garden in the Machine : A Field Guide to Independent Films about Place / Scott MacDonald., dated 2001, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Leighton, Kenneth, Oxford Music Online, 2001. The musical language of Kenneth Leighton : tonal coherence in two selected works of 1965-66. The Music of Kenneth Leighton, The Musical Times, 1957. Chan, Nai Keong, (Kenneth), (17 Nov. 1931–9 May 2003), JP; Chairman, Leighton (Asia) Ltd, since 1997; Chairman Emeritus, Parsons Brinckerhoff (Asia) Ltd, since 1992, Who Was Who, 2007.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Kenneth Leighton studied at The Queen's College. the recorded working language is English.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are symphony.

Employment is recorded with University of Leeds and University of Edinburgh.

Works named in the authority record are Symfonie nr. 2 and Sequence for All Saints.

Chronology

  1. 1929Kenneth Leighton born at Wakefield.
  2. 1929Kenneth Leighton was born on 2 October 1929.
  3. 1971The Music Of Kenneth Leighton digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1971The Music Of Kenneth Leighton (1971) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  5. 1988Kenneth Leighton died at Edinburgh.
  6. 1988Kenneth Leighton died on 24 August 1988.
  7. 2001The Garden in the Machine : A Field Guide to Independent Films about Place / Scott MacDonald. (Wellcome Collection).
  8. 2001The Garden in the Machine : A Field Guide to Independent Films about Place / Scott MacDonald. is dated 2001 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Chan, Nai Keong, (Kenneth), (17 Nov. 1931–9 May 2003), JP; Chairman, Leighton (Asia) Ltd, since 1997; Chairman Emeritus, Parsons Brinckerhoff (Asia) Ltd, since 1992, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Leighton, Kenneth, Oxford Music Online, 2001

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Leighton, Prof. Kenneth, (2 Oct. 1929–24 Aug. 1988), composer, pianist and conductor; Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh, since 1970, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for Kenneth Leighton (Internet Archive), 14 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  5. 5.

    The Music of Kenneth Leighton, The Musical Times, 1957

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    The musical language of Kenneth Leighton : tonal coherence in two selected works of 1965-66

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Kenneth Leighton as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 3 works naming Kenneth Leighton.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1569624: Kenneth Leighton

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Kenneth Leighton”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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