Frank Bury
Frank James Lindsay Bury (1910-1944) was a British composer. He studied music at Cambridge University and attended the Royal College of Music, where he was a student of Malcolm Sargent and Gordon Jacob. Bury also studied under Bruno Walter.
Bury was the founder of the Ludlow Choral Society. He was killed in June 1944 while serving as a commando during the Normandy airborne landings.[1]
Among his works is a Prelude and Fugue in E flat for two pianos.
References
- http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/fbury.html
- March, Ivan; Edward Greenfield; Robert Layton (2001). The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs 2002 Edition, London, New York City: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-051497-X
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