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By the time Alan Ridout had reached the age of twelve he had gained a distinction in Grade 8 piano and had written over a hundred works in a wide range of genres. At fifteen he joined the Guildhall School of Music to continue his piano studies and to learn conducting and composition, which became his main interest and took him to the Royal College of Music where he worked for two years with Gordon Jacob and a further two with Herbert Howells.
When he left the R.C.M. at the age of 20 a good number of his works had been performed, mainly at concerts of the Society for the Promotion of New Music. Ridout combined his budding career as a composer not only with teaching but also with continued study by exploring electronic and microtonal techniques in the Netherlands and, on his return, making a comprehensive study of early music with Professor Thurston Dart at Cambridge University.
By 1964 it was there that he was teaching, and at the University of London, and as professor of theory and

• II Espressivo
• III (Finale - March)

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