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Stephen Cleobury
Stephen Cleobury
English organist and conductor
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Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
choir
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John Rutter
John Rutter
British composer, conductor and arranger
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Richard Hickox
Richard Hickox
English conductor
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Carl Rütti
Carl Rütti
Swiss composer
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John Alldis
John Alldis
English chorus-master and conductor
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John Eliot Gardiner
John Eliot Gardiner
English conductor
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Robert Tear
Robert Tear
Welsh tenor singer and conductor
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Simon Halsey
Simon Halsey
British conductor
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George Guest
George Guest
British musician
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Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
collegiate choir
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Bob Chilcott
Bob Chilcott
English choral conductor and composer
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Roy Goodman
Roy Goodman
English conductor and violinist
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Walford Davies
Walford Davies
British composer
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Helmuth Rilling
Helmuth Rilling
German choral conductor
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Peter Harvey
Peter Harvey
English baritone
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Herbert Howells
Herbert Howells
English composer, organist and teacher
David Willcocks
British choral conductor, organist and composer

David Willcocks

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British choral conductor, organist and composer
Awards Received
Military Cross
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Bachelor
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
Nominated For
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

Sir David Valentine Willcocks, CBE, MC (30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015) was a British choral conductor, organist, composer and music administrator. He was particularly well known for his association with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, which he directed from 1957 to 1974, making frequent broadcasts and recordings. Several of the descants and carol arrangements he wrote for the annual service of Nine Lessons and Carols were published in the series of books Carols for Choirs which he edited along with Reginald Jacques and John Rutter. He was also director of the Royal College of Music in London.

During the Second World War (1939–1945) he served as an officer in the British Army, and was decorated with the Military Cross for his actions on Hill 112 during the Battle of Normandy in July 1944. His elder son, Jonathan Willcocks, is also a composer.