Richard Drakeford

Richard Drakeford (5 November 1936 - 12 November 2009) was a British composer of classical music.

Drakeford was a composition pupil of Herbert Howells and Edmund Rubbra and studied at Worcester College, Oxford. He was one of the founders of the Little Missenden Festival and acted as its Music Advisor until his death. Several of his compositions were published by Novello. He was also active as a music teacher and critic, writing for several publications including The Musical Times.

His output includes three string trios (1957, 1959, 1960, rev.1993); two string quartets (1959, 1961-90); several piano works ('A Handful of Pleasant Delights' 1955; Hors d'Oeuvre', 1955-61; Blue Notes, 1961); Trio for 3 oboes (1957)Suite No.2 for solo cello (1957-9), Oboe Quartet (1960); an opera 'The Sely Child' (1982-2) and several sets of songs ('Three Nonsense Songs' 1960; Four Auden Songs' 1967-9; 'Six Songs in Memory of Benjamin Britten', 1977; 'Robert Graves Songs', 1979).