# William G. Whittaker

> William Gillies Whittaker was an English composer, pedagogue, conductor, musicologist, Bach scholar, publisher and writer. He spent his life promoting music. The University of Durham, where he once studied and taught, called him one of "Britain's most influential musicians during the first half of the twentieth century". An autodidact, he was a prodigious creator of Gebrauchsmusik.

*English-Scottish composer, pedagogue, conductor, musicologist, Bach scholar, publisher and writer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-g-whittaker

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1876-07-23
- **Died:** 1944-07-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/3175252)
- [ويليام جى. وايتاكير](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%89._%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1)
- [William Gilles Whittaker](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gilles_Whittaker)
- [William G. Whittaker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Whittaker)
- [William G. Whittaker](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Whittaker)
- [William G. Whittaker](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Whittaker)
- [William G. Whittaker](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Whittaker)
- [William G. Whittaker](https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Whittaker)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d795b554-1085-49a5-9204-edf4f79ef8a6)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2798389)

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