Frederic Bayco
Frederic Bayco, sometimes spelt Fredric Bayco (1913 – 1970) was an English organist and composer of light music,[1] best known for his Tudor pastiche "Elizabethan Masque".[2][3] Born in London, he attended Brighton School of Music, where he attained an ARCO.[4] He was later made a fellow of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO).[5] After war service in the Royal Air Force he became organist and director of music at Holy Trinity Church, Paddington, and also taught organ and musical appreciation at St Gabriel's College, London.[6]
The Elizabethan Masque, a piece looking back on the ceremony and etiquette of the first Elizabethan era in the early years of the second, was composed in 1957.[6] Other pieces that became well known include "Lady Beautiful", and his marches "Royal Windsor" and "Marche Militaire".[7]
Like many composers of the light music genre, he contributed a number of pieces to music libraries, and as a result his pieces "Inferno" and "Finger of Fear" have ended up being frequently used in programmes such as Count Duckula, The Ren & Stimpy Show and SpongeBob SquarePants.[8][9] Many of his KPM library compositions have a historical or martial feel, for example the mock-heroic "Joust"[10] Other pieces appear to have unusual titles, for example "Bear in a Buggy".[11]
References[edit]
- ^ Sydney Organ.com, accessed 16 November 2010
- ^ Peter Gammond, The Oxford Companion to Popular Music (Oxford University Press, 1991) ISBN 978-0-19-311323-7 p.345
- ^ Hyperion Records, list of recordings, accessed 16 November 2010
- ^ David Alan Simmons, Who's Who in Music and Musicians' International Directory, Volume 1962 (Hafner Pub. Co., 1962), p.16
- ^ Organ biography, accessed 16 November 2010
- ^ a b Biography, Hyperion Records
- ^ Track listing, A Rifles Bandstand.
- ^ Fredric Bayco at the Internet Movie Database, accessed 16 November 2010
- ^ APM music - "Inferno" on YouTube, accessed 16 November 2010
- ^ KPM Music Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 16 November 2010
- ^ Philip L Scowcroft, Music and Road Transport music, a Fourth Selection, accessed 16 November 2010
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