Philip Radcliffe
Philip Radcliffe (27 April 1905-2 September 1986) was an English musicologist and composer.
Early life
He was educated at Charterhouse and read Classics at King's College, Cambridge, gaining a scholarship and a First in Part I of the degree, but then only a Third in Part II, causing him to switch his attention to music.
Career
He became a music fellow at King's College, Cambridge in 1931, and a lecturer in 1947. He lived in King's for the rest of his life, never leaving it for more than a few weeks.
His academic writings included the books Mendelssohn (1954) and Beethoven's String Quartet (1965), and sections of Grove's Dictionary, Denis Stevens's symposium The History of Song, and the New Oxford History of Music.
His compositions included short choral pieces, songs, and music for classical Greek plays.