Maurice James Handford (29 April 1928 – 16 December 1986) was a British horn player and conductor.
Handford was born in
Salisbury
Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath.
Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...
.
He was principal horn of the
Hallé Orchestra 1949–61, then associate conductor 1966–71, and staff conductor. He died in
Warminster
Warminster () is an ancient market town with a nearby garrison, and civil parish in south west Wiltshire, England, on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. The parish had a population of about 17,000 in 2011. The 11th-century Minster Church of S ...
.
References
External links
National Portrait Gallery
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1928 births
1986 deaths
British male conductors (music)
20th-century British conductors (music)
20th-century British male musicians