Humphrey Searle

A native of Oxford who first excelled as a classics scholar, he later studied composition under John Ireland at the Royal College of Music and, on a brief Vienna scholarship, became a private pupil of Anton Webern, an experience that shaped his serialist style. As a leading advocate of serial music in Britain, he used his BBC producer role (1946-48) and tenure as General Secretary of the Internati… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources