Michael Hurd's lyrics & chords

Michael John Hurd (19 December 1928 – 8 August 2006) was a composer and musicologist principally known for his choral music. He was born in Gloucester on 19 December 1928 and educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester, and Pembroke College, Oxford. He was also a composition pupil of Lennox Berkeley. After National Service he taught at the Royal Marines Band School at Deal, before settling in East Hampshire where he took a leading role in the area's music-making. Like his fellow Petersfield resident, Wilfred Brown, Hurd championed the memory o...read more