About Richard Toop
Lived 1945 – 2017 (aged 71–72). Richard Toop was an Australian musicologist and composer.
Richard Toop (1 August 1945 – 19 June 2017) was a British-Australian musicologist.
Toop was born in Chichester, England, in 1945. He studied at Hull University, where his teachers included Denis Arnold. As a young pianist in 1967, he gave in a 24-hour marathon in London the first documented solo performance of Vexations by Erik Satie.
Toop died on 19 June 2017 at the age of 71.
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Who was Richard Toop?
British-Australian musicologist (1945-2017)
When was Richard Toop born?
Richard Toop was born in 1945 in Chichester.
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Richard Toop died in 2017.
What was Richard Toop's occupation?
Richard Toop was a musicologist and composer.
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Richard Toop was Australian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Richard Toop. https://biography.guide/richard-toop/
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