Richard Drakeford
Richard Jeremy Drakeford was a British composer of classical music.
Drakeford was a composition pupil of Herbert Howells and Edmund Rubbra and studied at Worcester College, Oxford, where he was the Organ Scholar between 1955 and 1958. He was one of the founders, in 1961, of the Little Missenden#Culture and community|Little Missenden Festival and acted as its Music Advisor until his death. Several of his compositions were published by Novello. He was also active as a music teacher and critic, writing for several publications including The Musical Times. He taught music at Harrow School between 1961 and 1985, serving as the school's Director of Music from 1976.
His output includes three string trios ; two string quartets ; several piano works ; Trio for 3 oboes Suite No.2 for solo cello, Oboe Quartet ; an opera 'The Sely Child' and several sets of songs.
