Michael Head
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Michael Head (28 January 1900 – August 24, 1976) was a British composer, pianist, organist, and singer whose legacy is still popular today.
He was praised for his relationship with the Royal Academy of Music.
His compositional work mainly consists of songs, as well as choral and a handful of larger-scale works, such as a piano concerto.
Life
Michael Dewar Head was born in Eastbourne, England, on January 28th, 1900. His father, a barrister and journalist, and his mother, a gifted amateur and pianist, was a natural born performer and pianist. His mother's influence was evidently preponderant, and he began his musical studies at age ten, taking piano lessons with Jean Adair and singing with Fritz Marston at the Adair-Marston School of Music. He was educated at Monkton Combe School in Somerset.
He began to study at the Royal Academy of Music, but was soon called up for service in the War. He wrote the song cycle Over the rim of the moon while working in an ammunition factory (Head et al., 1920). This was to be his first published work.
Head resumed his studies at the Academy after the war. He studied composition with Frederick Corder, piano with T B Knott, and organ with Reginald Steggall. He received a scholarship for composition. He has also received numerous awards for composition, sight singing, and harmony. Head was appointed an Associate of the Academy in 1924. He took up a job at Bedales School, Petersfield, two years ago, where he taught for three years.
In 1929, Head gave his first public recital as a self-accompanied singer at Wigmore Hall. His fame soared after his debut on stage. He gave many more recitals in the British Isles and other parts of the world. In addition, he appeared on several radio shows, both in the United Kingdom and Canada. After being invited by Sir John McEwen, he accepted the post of Pianoforte Professor at the Royal Academy in 1927. This was to remain on hold until his retirement in 1975.
The head was nominated an examiner for the Royal Schools of Music's Associated Board, and as such, he has visited many nations, including Barbados, South Africa, and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He returned to London and continued teaching during the blitz as a result of World War II. Hundreds of concerts were given in factories and small towns during this period.
When looking for the Associated Board in Rhodesia and South Africa, Head died in Cape Town on August 24, 1976, from a sudden and unexpected illness.