# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-willcocks
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:27:56.983Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-willcocks"
name: "David Willcocks"
slug: "david-willcocks"
description: "Sir David Valentine Willcocks, was a British choral conductor, organist, composer and music administrator. He was particularly well known for his association with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, which he directed from 1957 to 1974, making frequent broadcasts and recordings. Several of the descants and carol arrangements he wrote for the annual service of Nine Lessons and Carols were published in the series of books Carols for Choirs which he edited along with Reginald Jacques and John Rutter. He was also director of the Royal College of Music in London."
tagline: "British choral conductor, organist and composer (1919-2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Willcocks.jpg/330px-Willcocks.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1919-12-30"
deathDate: "2015-09-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2275395/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump