Person · Male
David Bedford
composer
- From
- Hendon, United Kingdom
- Active
- 1937–2011
- Rating
- ★ 4
- Releases
- 18
- canterbury scene
- progressive rock
About
David Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 – 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music. He was the brother of the conductor Steuart Bedford, the grandson of the composer, painter and author Herbert Bedford and the composer Liza Lehmann, and the son of Leslie Bedford, an inventor, and Lesley Duff, a soprano opera singer.
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From 1969 to 1981, Bedford was Composer in Residence at Queen's College, London. From 1968 to 1980, he taught music in a number of London secondary schools. In 1996 he was appointed Composer in Association with the English Sinfonia. In 2001 he was appointed Chairman of the Performing Right Society, having previously been Deputy chairman.
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Discography
Albums
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Bedford: Two Poems for Chorus / Ligeti: Lux aeterna / Mellnäs: Succsim / Kopelent: Matka
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Luytens: Suddenly It's Evening / Bedford: Music For Albion Moonlight
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Nurses Song With Elephants Apple Music
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Star's End
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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The Odyssey
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Instructions for Angels
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Star Clusters, Nebulae & Places in Devon / The Song of the White Horse
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Great Equatorial Apple Music
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Variations on a Rhythm of Mike Oldfield
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The Garden of Love
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Alleluia Timpanis / Symphony no. 1 / Recorder Concerto / Twelve Hours of Sunset
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My Mother, My Sister And I
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Cardew: The Great Learning / Bedford: Two Poems
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The Orchestral Hergest Ridge
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Tags
- british
- composer
- english
- to clean up
- uk
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 9ce57631-2ee4-4203-a801-cd205cf5d57c
- ISNI
- 0000000110007415
- IPI
- 00033871386
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 11 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.