Hylton Edwards, Stewart, 1924-1987

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Stewart Hylton Edwards was born in London but lived all his working life outside England - in Africa, Canada and the Caribbean. He pursued several parallel careers: soldier in World War II; major in the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment, which he helped to establish; teacher; broadcaster; poet and novelist; businessman. Above all, he was also a composer whose output included four symphonies, piano and viola concertos, two string quartets and a substantial body of chamber, choral, vocal, orchestral and piano music.

From the description of Stewart Hylton Edwards Music Collection. [198-?] (The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine). WorldCat record id: 48230933

Epithet: composer

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000699.0x00039b

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associatedWith Taylor, Jeremy, 1943- person
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Composers
Music
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Birth 1924

Death 1987

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