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Christopher Headington was born on 28 April, 1930, is a British musician. Discover Christopher Headington's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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1925

Headington also wrote several pieces of chamber music: his Third String Quartet, composed to mark Haydn's 250th anniversary, reworks material from Haydn's Quartet op. 77 no. 2. Headington's solo piano pieces were strongly influenced by Debussy, Ravel and Chopin.

His song-cycle, The Healing Fountain, was written in tribute to Benjamin Britten, and Headington ranked it as his finest achievement.

1930

Christopher John Magenis Headington (28 April 1930 – 19 March 1996) was an English composer, pianist, musicologist, and music critic.

Born in London, he was educated at Taunton School and was a Scholar of the Royal Academy of Music.

He studied with Sir Lennox Berkeley for composition and won a prize as best instrumentalist in his year.

1954

After graduating, he taught at Trinity College Glenalmond and subsequently (1954–64) at Lancing College and was Senior Assistant for Music Presentation for the BBC.

1959

Headington had been composing for most of his adult life: His Violin Concerto of 1959 (described by Sibelius expert Robert Layton as "accomplished and beautiful"), premiered in 1959 by Ralph Holmes, was finally recorded in 1991 on ASV Records (with Xue-Wei as soloist and the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Jane Glover) and brought him wide recognition.

1965

In 1965 he became the Staff Tutor in Music for the Oxford University Department for External Studies, stepping down in 1982 to focus more on performance and music.

1970

He contributed to Alan Walker's Franz Liszt symposium (Barrie & Jenkins 1970), The Dictionary of Composers (Book Club Associates 1977), Building a Library (OUP 1979), The Britten Companion (Faber 1984), A Companion to the Concerto (Christopher Helm 1988), The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Classical Music (Salamander Books 1989), A Guide to Classical Composers (ed Gammond, Colour Library Books 1994), International Dictionary of Opera (St James Press 1993).

1978

He was piano soloist on the soundtrack of the 1978 film The Thirty Nine Steps (the composer was Ed Welch).

He also went on to release four further albums on CD as performer.

Headington was a professional music advisor to the estate of the late JRR Tolkien with whom he had been a friend.

1980

He was also an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) during the 1980s and in March 1985 assessed students on the island of Barbados under the administration of John George Fletcher (the ABRSM representative from 1969 to 2000).

1982

He wrote for The Inventions That Changed The World (Reader's Digest 1982) and The Fontana Biographical Companion to Modern Thought (Fontana 1983)

Headington made few concert appearances.

1991

His Piano Concerto of 1991 was also recorded by ASV (with Gordon Fergus-Thompson as soloist) as part of a posthumous collection released in 1997.

He was a contributor to Gramophone magazine and Country Life.

He also wrote a book on Chopin (Pavilion Books/Classic FM).

1996

Headington died in a skiing accident in Switzerland in 1996, aged 65.