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Percy Sherwood (Composer)

Born: 23rd May 1866, Dresden, Germany

<em>Died:</em> London, England

Nationality: English

Percy Sherwood was a German-born composer and pianist of English nationality.

He was born in Dresden, the son of a lecturer in English at Dresden University, John Sherwood, and a German mother Auguste Koch, who had been a successful soprano. After his studies with Theodor Kirchner, Felix Draeseke and Herman Scholtz, Sherwood became a major figure in the music life of Dresden before the First World War. In 1889 he won the Mendelssohn Prize for his Requiem. He was first a teacher, then professor, at the Dresden Conservatory from 1893 and 1911 respectively.

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