Percy Scholes

Percy Alfred Scholes
OBE FSA FRHistS
Born(1877-07-24)24 July 1877
Leeds, England
Died31 July 1958(1958-07-31) (aged 81)
Vevey, Switzerland
OccupationMusician
Notable workThe Oxford Companion to Music (1938)
AwardsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize (1948)

Percy Alfred Scholes (pronounced skolz; 24 July 1877 – 31 July 1958) was an English musician, journalist, vegetarianism activist and prolific writer, whose best-known achievement was his compilation of the first edition of the Oxford Companion to Music. His 1948 biography The Great Dr Burney was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

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