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FRICKER, Peter Racine
b London, 5 September 1920
d Santa Barbara, CA, 1 February 1990, aged seventy

He was educated at St Paul's School and intended to join the Navy, but was rejected because of poor eyesight. He went to the Royal College of Music in 1937. In 1941 he joined the Royal Air Force as a radio operator. When he was demobilised in 1945 he went to Morley College, where the director, Tippett, suggested he studied with Seiber. In 1952 he became director of Morley College, and from 1955 taught composition at the Royal College. From 1964 to 1965 he was visiting professor of music at the University of California; he became a full-time professor there, and in 1970 was made chairman of the music department.

1941-4 (21-4)

Three Preludes for piano

1946 (26)

Four Fughettas for two pianos

1947 (27)

Sonata for organ

Two Madrigals

Wind Quintet

Three Sonnets of Cecco Angiolieri, for tenor and seven instruments

String Quartet in one movement

1948 (28)

Symphony No 1 (1948-9)

Rondo Scherzoso, for orchestra

1949 (29)

Prelude, Elegy and Finale, for string orchestra

Concerto for violin and small orchestra, No 1 (1949-50)

1950 (30)

Violin Sonata

Concertante No 1 for English horn and strings

Symphony No 2 (1950-1)

Four Impromptus for piano (1950 2)

1951 (31)

Concertante No 2 for three pianos, strings and timpani

Canterbury Prologue, ballet

Viola Concerto (1951-3)

1952 (32)

String Quartet No 2 (1952-3)

Concerto for piano and small orchestra (1952-4)

1953-4 (33-4)

Violin Concerto No 2, Rapsodie Concertante

1954 (34)

Dance Scene, for orchestra

Nocturne and Scherzo for piano (four hands)

1955 (35)

Horn Sonata

The Tomb of St Eulalia, elegy for counter-tenor, gamba and harpsichord

Litany, for double string orchestra

Musick's Empire, for chorus and small orchestra

1956 (36)

Cello Sonata

Suite for harpsichord

1957-8 (37-8)

A Vision of Judgement, oratorio

Octet for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double-bass

Variations for piano

1958 (38)

Comedy Overture, for orchestra

Toccata for piano and orchestra (1958-9)

1959 (39)

Serenade No 1 for flute, clarinet, bass-clarinet, viola, cello and harp

Serenade No 2 for flute, oboe and piano

1960 (40)

Symphony No 3

1961 (41)

Cantata for tenor and chamber ensemble (1961-2)

Twelve Studies for piano

1963 (43)

O longs désirs, five songs for soprano and orchestra

1964-6 (44-6)

Symphony No 4

1965 (45)

Ricercare for organ

Four Dialogues, for oboe and piano

Four Songs for soprano and piano (also orchestrated)

1966 (46)

Fantasy for viola and piano

Three Scenes, for orchestra

The Day and the Spirits, for soprano and harp (1966-7)

1967 (47)

Seven Counterpoints for orchestra

Ave Maris Stella, for male voices and piano

Episodes 1, for piano (1967-8)

Cantilena and Cabaletta, for solo soprano (1967-8)

1968 (48)

Refrains, for solo oboe

Magnificat, for solo voices, choir and orchestra

Concertante No 4, for flute, oboe, violin and strings

Gladius Domini, toccata for organ

Some Serious Nonsense, for tenor, flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord

Six Pieces for organ

1969 (49)

Saxophone Quartet

Praeludium for organ

1970 (50)

Paseo, for guitar

The Roofs, for coloratura soprano and percussion

1971 (51)

Sarabande in memoriam Igor Stravinsky

Nocturne for chamber orchestra

Intrada for organ

A Bourrée for Sir Arthur Bliss, for cello

Concertante No 5 for piano and string quartet

1972 (52)

Introitus, for orchestra

Come Sleep, for contralto, alto flute and bass clarinet

Fanfare for Europe, for trumpet

Ballade, for flute and piano

Seven Little Songs for chorus

1973 (53)

Gigue for cello

The Groves of Dodona, for six flutes

1974 (54)

Spirit Puck, for clarinet and percussion

Two Petrarch Madrigals

Trio sonata for organ

1975 (55)

String Quartet No 3

Symphony No 5

1976 (56)

String Quartet No 4

Seachant, for flute and double-bass

Invention and Little Toccata for organ

1976 7 (56-7)

Sinfonia for seventeen wind instruments

1977 (57)

A Wish for a Party, for male voices

Anniversary, for organ

Two Songs for baritone and piano

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