Peter Warlock


Philip Arnold Heseltine , known by the pseudonym Peter Warlock, was a British composer and music critic. The Warlock name, which reflects Heseltines interest in occult practices, was used for all his published musical works. He is best known as a composer of songs and other vocal music he also achieved notoriety in his lifetime through his unconventional and often scandalous lifestyle.

Heseltine was born onOctober 1894 at the Savoy Hotel, which his parents were using as their London residence. The Heseltines were a wealthy family with strong artistic connections and some background in classical scholarship. Philips parents were Arnold Heseltine, a solicitor in the family firm, and Bessie Mary Edith, ne Covernton. She was the daughter of a country doctor from the Welsh border town of Knighton and was Arnolds second wife. Soon after Philips birth, the family moved to Chelsea where he received his first piano lessons and attended a nearby kindergarten.

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