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John Glenesk Mortimer

John Glenesk Mortimer composer / arranger

date of birth: 11.05.1951

John Glenesk Mortimer ( Edinburgh , 11 May 1951 ) is a Scottish composer , arranger , music educator and viola player . He mainly uses a number of pseudonyms for arrangements such as: Scott Richards , Peter King , Joe Bellini , Gordon Macduff , David Andrews , Jan Sedlak , Julian Oliver and Eduardo Suba .
Mortimer came into contact with music in his early years and started writing simple compositions at the age of 10. He was educated at George Watson's College. At the age of 16 he wrote his first full-length opera, Crime and Punishment , on a libretto based on Fyodor Dostoevsky 's novel Crime and Punishment . He won the Douglas Grant composition prize as well as the George Watson's prize and scholarship . He studied composition with Humphrey Searle and Anthony Milner , viola with John Dyer and orchestral conducting withHarvey Phillips from 1969 at the Royal College of Music in London ; at the same time he studied at the University of London .

From 1972 to 1979 he was a viola player with the Royal Ballet Orchestra , Zurich Chamber Orchestra , CBS Symphony Orchestra , London Symphony Orchestra , Netherlands Ballet Orchestra and Symphonieorchester Biel . In 1976 he left for Switzerland and became a music teacher in secondary education in Basel for 4 years . In 1983 he became a teacher for solfège , orchestral conducting , composition, arrangement and chamber music at the Conservatoire de musique de Neuchâtel in La Chaux-de-Fonds andNeuchâtel . During this time he was also conductor of the conservatory orchestra and the choir of this institution. He also conducted several amateur associations such as the Orchester de chambre jurassien (1979-1994) and the Choeur Vivaldi in Delémont (1983-1993).

In 1984 he decided to focus on his work as a composer and arranger and at the same time resigned as a teacher at the conservatory. In 1997 he also went back to Edinburgh. As a composer he wrote for many genres.

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Hungarian March - Hector Berlioz / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Hungarian March

Hector Berlioz / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Brass Band

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117,40 €
Clarinettissimo - John Glenesk Mortimer

Clarinettissimo

John Glenesk Mortimer
solo

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12,15 €
Hello, Dolly! - Jerry Herman / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Hello, Dolly!

Jerry Herman / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Blechbläser - Quintett

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34,80 €
Amazing Grace - John Glenesk Mortimer / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Amazing Grace

John Glenesk Mortimer / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Brass Band

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57,40 €
The Jungle Book - Richard M. Sherman / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

The Jungle Book

Richard M. Sherman / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Sinfonieorchester / Full Orchestra

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125,00 €
Taras Bulba - Franz Waxman / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Taras Bulba

Franz Waxman / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
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208,70 €
Rabbi Jacob - Vladimir Cosma / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Rabbi Jacob

Vladimir Cosma / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
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Quo Vadis - Miklós Rózsa / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Quo Vadis

Miklós Rózsa / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
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208,70 €
La Folie des Grandeurs - Michel Polnareff / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

La Folie des Grandeurs

Michel Polnareff / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Sinfonieorchester / Full Orchestra

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126,10 €
La 7ème Compagnie - Henri Bourtayre / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

La 7ème Compagnie

Henri Bourtayre / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Sinfonieorchester / Full Orchestra

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143,50 €
Meditation From Thaïs - Jules Massenet / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Meditation From Thaïs

Jules Massenet / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

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16,50 €
Fiddler On The Roof - Jerry Bock / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Fiddler On The Roof

Jerry Bock / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Sinfonieorchester / Full Orchestra

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217,40 €
Cinderella - Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston, Mack David / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Cinderella

Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston, Mack David / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Sinfonieorchester / Full Orchestra

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191,30 €
101 Dalmatians - George Bruns / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

101 Dalmatians

George Bruns / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
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143,50 €
Pocahontas - Alan Menken / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Pocahontas

Alan Menken / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Filmmusik / TV Themes

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191,30 €
Spiderman - Danny Elfman / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer

Spiderman

Danny Elfman / Arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Sinfonieorchester / Full Orchestra

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143,50 €
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