Clifton Parker

Born in London as the youngest son of a bank manager, Parker studied music privately, published his first piece at sixteen, and earned an ARCM diploma in piano teaching in 1926 before leaving a commercial path to become a copyist and municipal organist. Early BBC broadcasts drew the attention of film-music pioneer Muir Mathieson, leading to uncredited work such as In Which We Serve (1942) and a se… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources