Gervase Hughes, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Gervase Hughes

British composer, conductor and writer

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1905

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1984

Profession: composer, musicologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Gervase Alfred Booth Hughes (1 September 1905 – July 1984) was an English composer, conductor and writer on music.
From 1926 to 1933, Hughes pursued a career as a conductor and chorus master, principally at the British National Opera Company, and also co-produced Shakespeare plays.
He left the musical profession in 1933, raising a family and working first as an executive in a railway company and later running luxury European tours.
From 1960 to 1972 he published a series of books on musical subjects, beginning with a study of the music of Arthur Sullivan, published in 1960.