Mantle Childe

George Mantle-Childe, known as Mantle Childe was a British pianist and arranger of traditional melodies.

Biography

George Mantle-Childe was born on 17 December 1912 in Sutton Coldfield. He started his study of the piano aged four. At age 11, in 1924, he made his first piano broadcast on the BBC; in 1927 he gained a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London, studying under Leonie Gombrich. He is known for his "Child's Play" for young musicians, and for his settings of "Lazy Sheep" to an old French melody in 1947 and "Suo Gan" to a Welsh lullaby tune in 1949. He gave numerous concerts in different countries. He became a professor at the Guildhall School of Music, and head of the Conservatory of Music in London. He did not marry.

Works

Childe, Mantle. Lazy sheep: a pianoforte solo based on an old French melody. Oxford University Press, 1947. Childe, Mantle. Suo-gan (Welsh lullaby): for piano. Oxford University Press, 1949. Childe, Mantle. Technical Aids to the Playing of Scales, Broken Chords, and Arpeggios. Oxford University Press, 1961.