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John Glenesk Mortimer

John Glenesk Mortimer composer / arranger

date of birth: 11.05.1951

John Glenesk Mortimer ( Edinburgh , 11 May 1951 ) is a Scottish composer , arranger , music educator and viola player . He mainly uses a number of pseudonyms for arrangements such as: Scott Richards , Peter King , Joe Bellini , Gordon Macduff , David Andrews , Jan Sedlak , Julian Oliver and Eduardo Suba .
Mortimer came into contact with music in his early years and started writing simple compositions at the age of 10. He was educated at George Watson's College. At the age of 16 he wrote his first full-length opera, Crime and Punishment , on a libretto based on Fyodor Dostoevsky 's novel Crime and Punishment . He won the Douglas Grant composition prize as well as the George Watson's prize and scholarship . He studied composition with Humphrey Searle and Anthony Milner , viola with John Dyer and orchestral conducting withHarvey Phillips from 1969 at the Royal College of Music in London ; at the same time he studied at the University of London .

From 1972 to 1979 he was a viola player with the Royal Ballet Orchestra , Zurich Chamber Orchestra , CBS Symphony Orchestra , London Symphony Orchestra , Netherlands Ballet Orchestra and Symphonieorchester Biel . In 1976 he left for Switzerland and became a music teacher in secondary education in Basel for 4 years . In 1983 he became a teacher for solfège , orchestral conducting , composition, arrangement and chamber music at the Conservatoire de musique de Neuchâtel in La Chaux-de-Fonds andNeuchâtel . During this time he was also conductor of the conservatory orchestra and the choir of this institution. He also conducted several amateur associations such as the Orchester de chambre jurassien (1979-1994) and the Choeur Vivaldi in Delémont (1983-1993).

In 1984 he decided to focus on his work as a composer and arranger and at the same time resigned as a teacher at the conservatory. In 1997 he also went back to Edinburgh. As a composer he wrote for many genres.

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Romance - Carl Maria von Weber / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Romance

Carl Maria von Weber / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
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Romance - Carl Maria von Weber / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Romance

Carl Maria von Weber / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

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Romeo & Juliet - Nino Rota / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Romeo & Juliet

Nino Rota / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
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Romeo & Juliet - Piotr Ilich Tchaikowsky (Pyotr Peter Ilyich Iljitsch Tschaikovsky) / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Romeo & Juliet

Piotr Ilich Tchaikowsky (Pyotr Peter Ilyich Iljitsch Tschaikovsky) / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
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304,35 €
Rosen aus dem Süden - Johann Strauß / Strauss (Sohn) / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Rosen aus dem Süden

Johann Strauß / Strauss (Sohn) / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

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Rosen aus dem Süden - Johann Strauß / Strauss (Sohn) / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Rosen aus dem Süden

Johann Strauß / Strauss (Sohn) / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
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156,50 €
Royal Wedding Music - John Glenesk Mortimer

Royal Wedding Music

John Glenesk Mortimer
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117,40 €
Ruslan And Ludmilla - Mikhail Glinka / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Ruslan And Ludmilla

Mikhail Glinka / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
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230,45 €
Russian Dance - Oskar Böhme / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Russian Dance

Oskar Böhme / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

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Sabre Dance - Aram Khachaturian (Khatchaturian) / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Sabre Dance

Aram Khachaturian (Khatchaturian) / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
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Scheherazade - Nicolaj / Nicolai / Nikolay Rimskij-Korsakov / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Scheherazade

Nicolaj / Nicolai / Nikolay Rimskij-Korsakov / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
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134,80 €
Sea Songs - John Glenesk Mortimer

Sea Songs

John Glenesk Mortimer
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Serenade - Franz Schubert / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Serenade

Franz Schubert / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
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Serenade - Franz Schubert / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Serenade

Franz Schubert / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
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Serenade - Franz Schubert / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Serenade

Franz Schubert / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

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Serenade - Franz Schubert / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Serenade

Franz Schubert / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
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