Howard Ferguson
Howard Ferguson, 1908-1999
Lived at: 106 Wildwood Road
Profession: Composer and Musicologist
About his life:
- Studied composition and conducting at the Royal College of Music
- Taught composition at the Royal Academy of Music (1949-1963)
- Compositional breakthrough came with the Octet, widely regarded as his masterwork (1933)
- Famous works include the Five Bagatelles (1944) and Piano Sonata in F minor Op 8 (1938-40)
