Three Responsorial Psalms

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Peter Tranchell (1922-1993) was a British composer born in Cuddalore India. Tranchell studied at the Dragon School Oxford and Clifton College Bristol and then studied Classics at King's College Cambridge before switching to Music; he interrupted his degree to serve in the Indian Army during the Second World War. Tranchell became a Lecturer in Music at the University of Cambridge in 1950 and additionally became Fellow Precentor and Director of Music at Gonville and Caius College in 1960 retiring in 1989. As a composer his output ranged widely from sacred choral works and instrumental miniatures to orchestral works and operas notably the The Mayor of Casterbridge (1951).