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Because his major music was written there, Lovelock is considered an
Australian composer, although he himself commented: "I prefer to feel that I am an English composer who happens to live in Brisbane." Of his many textbooks on musical theory, history and composition, some still continue in use even
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But it was during his residence in
Australia that Lovelock wrote and had performed the bulk of his musical compositions, which range from large orchestral, choral and band works to teaching pieces for children, as well as 14 concertos. Some of his works were intended especially for Australian
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William Lovelock was born in London, his family were originally of Berkshire extraction and two of his great-uncles had emigrated to Australia in the 19th century, long before he did. He was educated at
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The bulk of this information is drawn from the biographical note in Logan Place's doctoral dissertation on
Lovelock's concerto for trumpet and orchestra, University of North Texas, 2008,
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In 1926, he had married
Winifred Irene Littlejohn, by whom he had a son, Gregory (1931). After the death of his wife in 1981, Lovelock returned to England. He died in 1986 in
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248:Concerto for bass tuba and orchestra (1967)
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302:Sonata for alto-saxophone and piano (1974)
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312:Introduction and fugue for organ (1957)
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