Alec Rowley | 5 Lyric Pieces

0:00 From The Old World 1:55 On The Lake 3:23 Syncopated Melody 5:12 Pipe Dance 6:38 Menuet Alec Rowley (1892 – 1958) was a British composer, organist, pianist, lecturer and writer on music. He composed a large number of works, mainly on a small scale and often of an educational nature though with some larger-scale orchestral and choral works. He was a dedicated teacher, broadcaster and writer; after his death the Alec Rowley Memorial Prize was established at Trinity College of Music. His larger-scale works include two piano concertos from 1938, an Oboe Concerto, a Rhaposody for viola and orchestra, and several keyboard pieces including two symphonies for organ. Rowley died at his home, while playing tennis, on 12 January 1958.