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Hubert Clifford

Born: 31st May 1904, Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia

Died: 4th September 1959, Singapore

Nationality: Australian-born British

Hubert Clifford was an Australian-born British composer, conductor and musical director for films. A native of Bairnsdale in rural Victoria, he studied chemistry before taking up music at the Melbourne Conservatorium, under Fritz Hart. He bagan making a name for himself in the late 1920s as a conductor, particular for his work with the Victorian Opera Company.

Following the advice of Hart (who himself had been a pupil of Charles Villiers Stanford) Clifford sailed for Britain in May 1930 to continue his studies at the Royal College of Music. There he was taught by C H Kitson and Vaughan Williams. In the mid-1930s he turned to teaching.

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