Hubert Clifford

Hubert Clifford was born in 1904 in Victoria, Australia. He showed two keen interests growing up, science and music, and ended up simultaneously pursuing a degree in chemistry at the University of Melbourne and studying at the Melbourne Conservatory of Music. The latter won out and by his late twenties, he was well known as a conductor in Victoria, making a particularly strong impression with the local opera company. He studied composition with Fritz Hart, upon whose advice he emigrated to England to study with Ralph Vaughan Williams. Clifford worked as a music teacher and was...