Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Peter Warlock

Peter Warlock

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 30, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 10:27, 15 October 2014 (UTC)



Peter Warlock was the pseudonym of Philip Arnold Heseltine (1894–1930), a British composer and music critic. The Warlock name, which reflects Heseltine's interest in occult practices, was used for all his published musical works. Best known as a composer of songs and other vocal music, he also achieved notoriety through his unconventional and often scandalous lifestyle. As a schoolboy at Eton College, Heseltine came under the spell of the British composer Frederick Delius, with whom he formed a close friendship. After a failed student career in Oxford and London, he turned to musical journalism, while developing interests in folk-song and Elizabethan music. His first serious compositions date from around 1915. A lasting influence arose from his meeting in 1916 with the Dutch composer Bernard van Dieren. Heseltine composed songs in a distinctive, original style, and built a reputation as a combative and controversial music critic. He made a pioneering contribution to the scholarship of early music, published under his own name, and produced a full-length biography of Delius. He died in his London flat of coal gas poisoning in 1930, probably by his own hand.
 * Most recent similar article(s): no recent critic
 * Main editors: Brianboulton
 * Promoted: 2012
 * Reasons for nomination: born 120 years ago
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:55, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Let's make all unbolded articles in WP:FA bolded soon!--RekishiEJ (talk) 13:09, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, high quality article, promoted to FA in 2012, educational. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:13, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, excellent article with very relevant date. Rob (talk) 21:21, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support as main contributor. Brianboulton (talk) 14:12, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support well-written piece and nice way to honor a birthday  Snuggums ( talk  /  edits ) 01:14, 3 October 2014 (UTC)