Cedric Thorpe Davie

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Cedric Thorpe Davie

OBE (30 May 1913 – 18 January 1983) was a musician and composer, most notably of film scores such as The Green Man in 1956. A high proportion of his film and documentary music and his concert pieces have a Scottish theme.[1]

Life

He was born in Lewisham in south London,[2] the son of Thorpe Davie, a music teacher and choir master.[3] The family moved to Glasgow early in his life and he attended the High School of Glasgow.[4]

He studied at the

Yrjo Kilpinen and Zoltán Kodály, returning to Glasgow in 1936 where he began lecturing in music.[5] Early works include the Piano Trio in C minor (1932), the Phantasie Quartet (1935), the one act opera Gammer Gurton's Needle (1936) and the Concerto for Piano and Strings (1944).[3]

In the

St Andrews University as Master of Music, being raised to full Professor of Music in 1973.[6]

He was involved in the newly created

Cloud Howe, The Beggar's Benison, A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle, and Ramsay's The Gentle Shepherd.[7] The Diversions on a theme of Thomas Arne was played at the Last Night of the Proms in 1955. He also wrote the music for the Edinburgh Gateway Company's production of Robert Kemp's musical Marigold in 1955.[8]

In 1955 he was made an

J. Steven Watson, Sir Norman Graham, Norman Gash, GWS Barrow and Anthony Elliot Ritchie.[4]

He lived in St John's Town of Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire and died there on 18 January 1983.[9]

Davie also wrote a book on musical form: Musical Structure and Design (1953). A substantial collection of his manuscripts and scores is held by the

St Andrews University
held a special event to mark the centenary of Davie's birth.

Family

In 1937, he married Margaret Russell Brown. She died on 1 October 1974. They had two sons: Anthony John Thorpe Davie (17 November 1939 – 8 January 2003); and Stephen William Thorpe Davie (born 8 April 1945).[2]

Film scores by Davie

Publications

  • Music Structure and Design (1953, reprinted by Dover)
  • The Oxford Scottish Song Book (1969) joint editor
  • Scotland's Music (1980)

References

  1. ^ Alan Munro. Remembering Cedric Thorpe Davie, biography at Toccata Classics (2018)
  2. ^ a b "Cedric Thorpe Davie | University of St Andrews". Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Catalogue of works" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Guide to the Papers of Cedric Thorpe Davie". Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  6. ^ John France. 'The 1945 Victory Symphony Contest in the Daily Express', in British Classical Music, 18 September 2016
  7. ^ The Daily Telegraph: obituaries: McKellar, 11 April 2010
  8. ISBN 9-780954-556808
  9. ^ Roy Dyckhoff (10 August 2010). "Cedric Thorpe Davie". Scottishcomposers.wordpress.com. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Papers of Cedric Thorpe Davie - Archives Hub". Archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  11. ^ The Land of Mountain and Flood: Scottish Orchestral Music, ASV CD WHL2123 (2000)

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