Word: dartington
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hired Clock in the spring of 1959. His credentials were varied. London-born, Clock studied piano with Artur Schnabel in Berlin in the early '303, returned to London to write music criticism, and founded a summer school (which he still runs) for composers and performers at Dartington, in Devon. Working on the theory that he could include two new works in a four-work program without losing his audience, Clock started his new job by sprucing up not only the Prom concerts but also the repertories of the three BBC regional orchestras. He also began handing out commissions...