Frederick Arthur Sefton Cottom


Sefton Cottom FRCO was an organist and composer based in England.

Life

He was born on 18 September 1928 in York.
He was a student of Sir Edward Bairstow and his assistant organist at York Minster.
Graduated in music from Durham University. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and of Trinity College of Music in London.
He moved to Pocklington School in 1951 and became Director of Music.
He died in 2011.

Appointments

He composed organ and church music, but is perhaps better known for his chamber music, including Various Trouts, a set of imaginative variations for three flutes on Schubert's Trout Quintet.