Richard Addinsell

Richard Addinsell
Addinsell in 1949.
Born13 January 1904
Woburn Square London, England
Died14 November 1977 (aged 73)
Brighton, England
EducationHertford College, Oxford. Royal College of Music, Kensington, London.
OccupationComposer

Richard Stewart Addinsell (13 January 1904 – 14 November 1977)[1] was an English composer, best known for film music, primarily his Warsaw Concerto, composed for the 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight (also known under the later title Suicide Squadron).

  1. ^ Randel, Don Michael, ed. (1996). "Addinsell, Richard (Stewart)". The Harvard biographical dictionary of music. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press. pp. 5. ISBN 0-674-37299-9.