Thomas Wood (composer)

Thomas Wood (28 November 1892–19 November 1950) was an English composer and author.

Wood studied at the University of Oxford and the Royal College of Music. In 1921 he was appointed Director of Music at Tonbridge School in Kent, returning to Oxford in 1924 to teach at Exeter College. During this period he composed several choral-orchestral works including "Forty Singing Seamen" (1925), "Master Mariners" (1927) and "The Ballad of Hampstead Heath" (1927). He went to Australia in 1930 and spent over two years travelling across the country. This prompted him to write his book "Cobbers" (1934) which the Australian Dictionary of Biography describes as "still the most perceptive and captivating characterization of Australia and its people ever written by a visitor". He continued to compose and wrote several other books, including an autobiography, "True Thomas" (1936), before his death of a heart attack in 1950.

External links

* [http://www.musicweb-international.com/garlands/woodT.htm Thomas Wood, by Philip Scowcroft]

Bibliography

* "Cobbers" (Oxford University Press, 1934)
* "Cobbers campaigning" (Jonathan Cape, 1940)
* "Music and boyhood" (Oxford University Press, 1925)
* "True Thomas" (Jonathan Cape, 1936)

References

* [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120624b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography]
* Michael Hurd: 'Wood, Thomas (ii)' "Grove Music Online" ed. L. Macy (Accessed 23 August 2007) http://www.grovemusic.com