Alec Templeton

Alec Andrew Templeton (4 July 1909/10 – 28 March 1963) was a Welsh composer, pianist, and satirist.

Templeton was born in Cardiff, Wales. There is some confusion concerning Alec Templeton's year of birth. Most published and Internet biographies give his birth year as 1909, and it was certainly registered in September of that year, but his headstone shows 1910 as his year of birth. Blind from birth and gifted with absolute pitch, he studied from the age of 9 at Worcester College, Oxford with Ivor Atkins (organ) and later at London's Royal Academy of Music, where his piano teachers were Lloyd Powell and Isador Goodman.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 4, 1909 (Cardiff), Died January 1, 1963 (Greenwich)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1942

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, composer, speaker, vocalist, arranger

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Recordings (Results 26-31 of 31 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 70381 10-in. 2/21/1942 Sleepy lagoon Alec Templeton instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 70382 10-in. 2/21/1942 Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op. 74, 1st mvt (Andantino) (Tchaikovsky) Alec Templeton instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 70889 10-in. 6/15/1942 Warsaw concerto (Addinsell): Part 1 Alec Templeton instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 70890 10-in. 6/15/1942 Warsaw concerto (Addinsell): Part 2 Alec Templeton instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 71231 10-in. 7/28/1942 Warsaw concerto, part 1 (Addinsell) Alec Templeton instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 71232 10-in. 7/28/1942 Warsaw concerto, part 2 (Addinsell) Alec Templeton instrumentalist, piano  
(Results 26-31 of 31 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Templeton, Alec," accessed March 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105908.

Templeton, Alec. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105908.

"Templeton, Alec." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 March 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105908

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