Alan Ridout



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[details ←] Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Grade 8, Piano Piano,

[details ←] Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Grade 7, Piano Piano,

[details ←] Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Grade 6, Piano Piano,

[details ←] Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Grade 5, Piano Piano,

[details ←] Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Grade 3, Piano Piano,

[details ←] Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Grade 2, Piano Piano,

[details ←] Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Grade 1, Piano Piano,

[details ←] To Autumn Piano, Flute,

[details ←] Snow Scenes Piano, Saxophone, , sax, saxophone,

[details ←] Light and Shade Piano,

[details ←] White Notes, Black Notes, Key Notes Piano,

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[details ←] A Day in the Country Piano, Recorder,

[details ←] Six Diversions for Horn Piano,

[details ←] Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Grade 4, Piano Piano,

[details ←] See, To Us a Child is Born choral

[details ←] Pilgrim Carol choral

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People, Places and Themes: Student Book
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by: Alan Bilham-Boult, Heather Blades, John Hancock, Mike Ridout


Specimen Sight-reading Tests: Grade 1: Piano
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from: Associated Board of the Royal School of Music


Specimen Sight-reading Tests: Grade 2: Piano
Search : Specimen Sight-reading Tests: Grade 2: Piano
from: Associated Board of the Royal School of Music


Specimen Sight-reading Tests: Grade 3: Piano
Search : Specimen Sight-reading Tests: Grade 3: Piano
from: Associated Board of the Royal School of Music


Specimen Sight-reading Test for Piano: Grade 8
Search : Specimen Sight-reading Test for Piano: Grade 8
from: Associated Board of the Royal School of Music


Specimen Sight-reading Tests: Grade 5: Piano
Search : Specimen Sight-reading Tests: Grade 5: Piano
from: Associated Board of the Royal School of Music



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Born: 9 December 1934 — West Wickham, Kent — England
Died: 20 March 1996 — England
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Some of Ridout’s works are: "Ferdinand" for speaker and solo violin, "Little Sad Sound" a melodrama for speaker and double-bass. Philips has recorded with Gidon Kremer and Alois Posh playing.

Life

Alan Ridout, studied under Gordon Jacob and Herbert Howells at the Royal College of Music, and was awarded the Netherlands Government scholarship in 1958. He composed a wide range of choral and orchestral music, and was particularly successful in writing for children. He died in 1996, aged 61.

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