Whittaker, William Gillies

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Basic data

  1. July 23, 1876 in Newcastle upon Tyne
  2. July 5, 1944 in Stromness
  3. Komponist, Dirigent, Musikwissenschaftler
  4. New York, Newcastle

Iconography

(Source: Wikimedia)
St George's Church and Green in Jesmond, where Whittaker played the organ as a schoolboy (Source: Wikimedia)
The Literary and Philosophical Society in the centre of Newcastle, where Whittaker frequently attended and gave lectures (Source: Wikimedia)
Letter of congratulations from Gustav Holst on Whittaker's appointment in Glasgow (Source: Wikimedia)
Former Belmont Parish Church, Great George Street, Hillhead, where Whittaker conducted the last concert of the Bach Cantata Choir in Byrd's Great Service and Bach's Motet "Sing ye to the Lord" on 29 March 1941[6] (Source: Wikimedia)
Among the Northumbrian Hills, title page, 1922 (Source: Wikimedia)

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