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Welsh composer (–)

William James MathiasCBE (1 November – 29 July ) was a Welshcomposer noted for choral works.

Biography

William Mathias was born in Whitland, Carmarthenshire.

A child prodigy, he started playing the piano at the age of three and began composing at the age of five.

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At Aberystwyth University Mathias was a member of the Elizabethan Madrigal Singers and wrote 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo' for them in He studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Lennox Berkeley, where he was elected a Fellow in In , he was awarded the Bax Society Prize of the Harriet Cohen International Music Award.

He was professor of music and head of department in the University of Wales, Bangor, from until

His compositions include large scale works, including an opera, The Servants (), three symphonies and three piano concertos.

Much of his music was written for the Anglican choral tradition, most famously the anthemLet the people praise Thee, O God written for the July