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John Rutter

British composer, conductor and arranger

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Also known as John Milford Rutter

Born: September 24, 1945
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-30
2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
5.Stated in Musicalics
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Birthplace: London
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Occupation: conductor
, composer
, choir director
Education: Clare College
, Highgate School
Employer: University of Cambridge
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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1.Stated in CONOR.SI
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Notable work: Requiem
, Magnificat
, Bang!
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Sir John Milford Rutter is an English composer, conductor, editor, arranger, and record producer, mainly of choral music. He founded the Cambridge Singers who premiered and recorded many of his works for his own label Collegium Records. His compositions, extended pieces for choir and orchestra, such as Requiem and Magnificat, and many choral works including For the beauty of the earth, Christmas Carol and A Clare Benediction, are popular, especially in the UK and the United States. He is known for Christmas carols, in both arrangements of traditional melodies and new compositions, and Carols for Choirs anthology series compiled with David Willcocks.

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Black Christmas1974 · 1974 film directed by Bob Clark

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OO be joyful in the Lordvocal track by Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia and John Rutter; 1990 studio recording

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CCambridge Singers1981 · English mixed voice chamber/choral group

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Awards: Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Bachelor(2024) url: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
honorary doctorate(May 31, 2014) conferred by: The Open University
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1.www5.open.ac.uk/students/ceremonies/sites/www.open.ac.uk.students.ceremonies/files/files/Honorary%20graduate%20cumulative%20list(7).xlsx
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Given name: John
Milford
Instrument: organ
Genre: choral music
Family name: Rutter
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-06
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Label: EMI Classics
Website: johnrutter.com language: English
Social media followers: 22,691(February 11, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 106375809
22,071(February 28, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 106375809
21,368(January 3, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 106375809
20,017(April 21, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 106375809
Related category: Category:Compositions by John Rutter category contains: musical work by this composer
Name in native language: John Milford Rutter

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