Alec Templeton

Alec Andrew Templeton (4 July 1909/10 – 28 March 1963) was a Welsh composer, pianist, and satirist. Templeton was born in Cardiff, Wales. There is some confusion concerning Alec Templeton's year of birth. Most published and Internet biographies give his birth year as 1909, and it was certainly registered in September of that year, but his headstone shows 1910 as his year of birth. Blind from birth and gifted with absolute pitch, he studied from the age of 9 at Worcester College, Oxford with Ivor Atkins (organ) and later at London's Royal Academy of Music, where his piano teachers were Lloyd Powell and Isador Goodman.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 4, 1909 (Cardiff), Died January 1, 1963 (Greenwich)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1942

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, composer, speaker, vocalist, arranger

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 26-31 of 31 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	70381	10-in.	2/21/1942	Sleepy lagoon	Alec Templeton	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70382	10-in.	2/21/1942	Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op. 74, 1st mvt (Andantino) (Tchaikovsky)	Alec Templeton	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70889	10-in.	6/15/1942	Warsaw concerto (Addinsell): Part 1	Alec Templeton	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70890	10-in.	6/15/1942	Warsaw concerto (Addinsell): Part 2	Alec Templeton	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	71231	10-in.	7/28/1942	Warsaw concerto, part 1 (Addinsell)	Alec Templeton	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	71232	10-in.	7/28/1942	Warsaw concerto, part 2 (Addinsell)	Alec Templeton	instrumentalist, piano

(Results 26-31 of 31 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Templeton, Alec," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105908.

Templeton, Alec. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105908.

"Templeton, Alec." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.