Frederick May


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– Thu 24 Jul: DI ALTRI ASTRI for Sax alto and Piano (Premiere) Sala Colitto,Termoli,Italy
– Sat 26 Jul: Koorconcert, Tiramisu zomerkoor Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
– Sun 27 Jul: Lines and Waves in Blue Deep for 5 accordions (wp) Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA
– Mon 28 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Astronomical Observatory, Loiano, Italy
– Tue 29 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Church in Piazza Giovanni XIII, Tolè di Vergato, Italy
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Born: 9 June 1911 — Dublin — Ireland
Died: 8 September 1985 — Portraine — Ireland
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Frederick May was a student at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, where he was awarded 7 scholarships, and also studied at the Royal Academy of music under Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gordon Jacob. He achieved his Batchelor of Music degree at Trinity College, Dublin and then studied in Vienna until 1936.

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