About Frederick Westlake
Lived 1840 – 1898 (aged 57–58). Frederick Westlake was a composer and orchestral musician.
Frederick Westlake (25 February 1840 in Romsey, Hampshire – 12 February 1898 in London) was an English pianist and composer.
Westlake studied at the Royal Academy of Music with W. Macfarren (piano) and G. A. Macfarren (harmony); in 1862 was appointed to the faculty as piano teacher. He wrote several Masses, hymns, piano pieces, and a collection of part-songs, Lyra Studentium.
The composer Hermann Löhr studied piano with Westlake whilst attending the Royal Academy of Music.
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English pianist and composer
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