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'''Peter Andrew Tranchell''' (14 July 1922 – 14 September 1993) was a British [[composer]]. | '''Peter Andrew Tranchell''' (14 July 1922 – 14 September 1993) was a British [[composer]]. | ||
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He was Lecturer in Music at the [[University of Cambridge]] from 1950 to 1989, and Fellow and Director of Studies in music at [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Gonville and Caius College]] from 1960 to 1989. As [[precentor|Praecentor]] of the college (following the retirement of [[Patrick Hadley]]) he directed the chapel choir. He died on 14 September 1993 near his home in Curdridge near Botley in Hampshire. | He was Lecturer in Music at the [[University of Cambridge]] from 1950 to 1989, and Fellow and Director of Studies in music at [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Gonville and Caius College]] from 1960 to 1989. As [[precentor|Praecentor]] of the college (following the retirement of [[Patrick Hadley]]) he directed the chapel choir. He died on 14 September 1993 near his home in Curdridge near Botley in Hampshire. | ||
His compositions included the opera ''The Mayor of Casterbridge'' (1951), church music and instrumental works such as the Organ Sonata. He was also a composer of light music, including vocal "entertainments", dramatic cantatas such as ''The Mating Season'' (based on [[P. G. Wodehouse]]), and musical comedies such as ''[[Zuleika (musical)|Zuleika]]'' (after [[Max Beerbohm]]), produced in Cambridge in 1954 and revived in 1957. His archive is kept at [[Cambridge University Library]]. | |||
==Titus Oates Society== | |||
Amongst other activities at Caius, Tranchell became the patron, at the request of, predominantly, members of the college choir, of a dining society at Caius named the Titus Oates Society as a sort of antidote to other college clubs. He was asked by those wishing to form another dining club for a suitable name and suggested, with his frequent cheekiness, that of the most reprehensible member of Caius thitherto: [[Titus Oates]]. | |||
The dinners – dinners on the last day of Full Term in the first two academic terms and a picnic, normally watching the Bumps on the Saturday after the last – known as "Exceedings", were marked by exemplary food and drink from the college's kitchen staff (whom he held in the highest regard) and cellars and ran to some nine or so courses. In 1983, the cost was £17. This was a deliberate policy of Tranchell's to ensure that the cost would not bar anyone. This accords with Tranchell's sense of egalitarianism recorded in his descriptions of his time in the Indian Army. The dinners included various toasts: to Titus Oates, to a saint of the day – preceded by an entertaining biography of each – and to The Queen. | |||
The Titus Oates Society ran from the early 1970s until around the early 1990s, the patronage having been passed to other Fellows of the college on Tranchell's retirement in 1989.<ref name=prog/> | |||
==Selected works== | ==Selected works== | ||
===Ballets=== | ===Ballets=== | ||
''Falstaff'' (1950) | * ''Falstaff'' (1950) | ||
* ''Fate's Revenge'' (1951), performed by [[Ballet Rambert]] at the Lyric, Hammersmith | |||
''Fate's Revenge'' (1951), performed by [[Ballet Rambert]] at the Lyric, Hammersmith | * ''Spring Legend'' (1957), commissioned by [[Mari Bicknell|Cambridge Ballet Workshop]] | ||
* ''Images of Love'', (1964) produced at [[Royal Opera House|Covent Garden]] with choreography by [[Kenneth MacMillan]] | |||
''Images of Love'', (1964) produced at [[Royal Opera House|Covent Garden]] with choreography by [[Kenneth MacMillan]] | |||
===Operas and musicals=== | ===Operas and musicals=== | ||
''The Mayor of Casterbridge'' (1951) | * ''The Mayor of Casterbridge'' (1951) | ||
* ''Zuleika'' (1954) | |||
''Zuleika'' (1954) | * ''Murder in the Towers'', "detective cantata" (1955, revised 1986) | ||
* ''The Mating Season'' (1962) | |||
''Thackeray Ditties'' (1962) | * ''Thackeray Ditties'' (1962) | ||
* ''His First Mayweek'' (1963) | |||
''His First Mayweek'' (1963) | * ''The Robot Emperor'' (1965) | ||
===Incidental music=== | ===Incidental music=== | ||
''Johnson over Jordan'' ([[J. B. Priestley]]; 1947) | * ''Johnson over Jordan'' ([[J. B. Priestley]]; 1947) | ||
* ''[[Macbeth]]'' ([[William Shakespeare]]; 1949) | |||
''[[Macbeth]]'' ([[William Shakespeare]]; 1949) | * ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (Shakespeare; 1950) | ||
''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (Shakespeare; 1950) | |||
=== | ===Concert works=== | ||
*''Organ Sonata'' ( | * ''Nativitates'' for organ (1943) | ||
* Variations for String Quartet (1949) | |||
*''Organ Sonata'' (1950) | |||
* Sonatina for Flute and Piano (1966) | |||
*''Festive Overture'' (1966) | *''Festive Overture'' (1966) | ||
* ''Movements'', chamber ensemble (1987) | |||
===Choral works=== | ===Choral works=== | ||
''Te Deum in E'' ( | * ''Oh That Our Faith'', anthem (1971) | ||
* ''Te Deum in E'' (1974) | |||
''This Sorry Scheme of Things'' (1953) | * ''This Sorry Scheme of Things'' (1953) | ||
* ''The Joyous Year'' (1961) | |||
''The Joyous Year'' (1961) | * ''If ye would hear the angels sing'' (1965) | ||
* ''St Michael's Mass'' (1965, revised version 1988) | |||
''If ye would hear the angels sing'' (1965) | |||
===Hymn tunes=== | ===Hymn tunes=== | ||
* ''Morestead''. Text "The Fullness of the Earth is God's Alone" (Kaan) | |||
* ''Swanmore''. Text "The Earth The Sky The Oceans" (Kaan) | |||
* ''Droxford''. Text "God gave to Man to have and hold" (Kaan) | |||
* ''Durley''. Text: "Thank you O Lord" (Kaan) | |||
(These were published in Pilgrim Praise Music Edition, 1972 by [[Fred Kaan]], published by [[Stainer & Bell]]) | |||
* ''Wish Road''. Text "Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing" (written for Eastbourne College) | |||
These were published in Pilgrim Praise Music Edition, 1972 by [[Fred Kaan]], published by [[Stainer & Bell]]. | |||
"Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing" (written for Eastbourne College) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [https://peter-tranchell.uk/ Official website] | * [https://peter-tranchell.uk/ Official website] | ||
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Peter Andrew Tranchell (14 July 1922 – 14 September 1993) was a British composer.
Life and career[edit | edit source]
Tranchell was born at Cuddalore, India, on 14 July 1922, and educated at the Dragon School, Oxford, Clifton College[1] and King's College, Cambridge. During the Second World War he served, like his father, Col. H G Tranchell, in the Indian Army, after which he resumed his Cambridge studies, changing from exhibitioner in Classics to Music.[2]
He was Lecturer in Music at the University of Cambridge from 1950 to 1989, and Fellow and Director of Studies in music at Gonville and Caius College from 1960 to 1989. As Praecentor of the college (following the retirement of Patrick Hadley) he directed the chapel choir. He died on 14 September 1993 near his home in Curdridge near Botley in Hampshire.
His compositions included the opera The Mayor of Casterbridge (1951), church music and instrumental works such as the Organ Sonata. He was also a composer of light music, including vocal "entertainments", dramatic cantatas such as The Mating Season (based on P. G. Wodehouse), and musical comedies such as Zuleika (after Max Beerbohm), produced in Cambridge in 1954 and revived in 1957. His archive is kept at Cambridge University Library.
Titus Oates Society[edit | edit source]
Amongst other activities at Caius, Tranchell became the patron, at the request of, predominantly, members of the college choir, of a dining society at Caius named the Titus Oates Society as a sort of antidote to other college clubs. He was asked by those wishing to form another dining club for a suitable name and suggested, with his frequent cheekiness, that of the most reprehensible member of Caius thitherto: Titus Oates.
The dinners – dinners on the last day of Full Term in the first two academic terms and a picnic, normally watching the Bumps on the Saturday after the last – known as "Exceedings", were marked by exemplary food and drink from the college's kitchen staff (whom he held in the highest regard) and cellars and ran to some nine or so courses. In 1983, the cost was £17. This was a deliberate policy of Tranchell's to ensure that the cost would not bar anyone. This accords with Tranchell's sense of egalitarianism recorded in his descriptions of his time in the Indian Army. The dinners included various toasts: to Titus Oates, to a saint of the day – preceded by an entertaining biography of each – and to The Queen.
The Titus Oates Society ran from the early 1970s until around the early 1990s, the patronage having been passed to other Fellows of the college on Tranchell's retirement in 1989.[2]
Selected works[edit | edit source]
Ballets[edit | edit source]
- Falstaff (1950)
- Fate's Revenge (1951), performed by Ballet Rambert at the Lyric, Hammersmith
- Spring Legend (1957), commissioned by Cambridge Ballet Workshop
- Images of Love, (1964) produced at Covent Garden with choreography by Kenneth MacMillan
Operas and musicals[edit | edit source]
- The Mayor of Casterbridge (1951)
- Zuleika (1954)
- Murder in the Towers, "detective cantata" (1955, revised 1986)
- The Mating Season (1962)
- Thackeray Ditties (1962)
- His First Mayweek (1963)
- The Robot Emperor (1965)
Incidental music[edit | edit source]
- Johnson over Jordan (J. B. Priestley; 1947)
- Macbeth (William Shakespeare; 1949)
- The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare; 1950)
Concert works[edit | edit source]
- Nativitates for organ (1943)
- Variations for String Quartet (1949)
- Organ Sonata (1950)
- Sonatina for Flute and Piano (1966)
- Festive Overture (1966)
- Movements, chamber ensemble (1987)
Choral works[edit | edit source]
- Oh That Our Faith, anthem (1971)
- Te Deum in E (1974)
- This Sorry Scheme of Things (1953)
- The Joyous Year (1961)
- If ye would hear the angels sing (1965)
- St Michael's Mass (1965, revised version 1988)
Hymn tunes[edit | edit source]
- Morestead. Text "The Fullness of the Earth is God's Alone" (Kaan)
- Swanmore. Text "The Earth The Sky The Oceans" (Kaan)
- Droxford. Text "God gave to Man to have and hold" (Kaan)
- Durley. Text: "Thank you O Lord" (Kaan)
(These were published in Pilgrim Praise Music Edition, 1972 by Fred Kaan, published by Stainer & Bell)
- Wish Road. Text "Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing" (written for Eastbourne College)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p497: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Peter Tranchell Centenary Musical Soirée and Reception, programme, 26 November 1922