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English composer, conductor and arranger (born )

For the American football coach, see John Rutter (American football).

Sir John Milford RutterCBE (born 24 September ) is an English composer, conductor, editor, arranger, and record producer, mainly of choral music.

Biography

Born on 24 September ^[1] in London, the son of an industrial chemist and his wife, Rutter grew up living over the Globe pub on London's Marylebone Road.^[2] He was educated at Highgate School, where fellow pupils included John Tavener, Howard Shelley, Brian Chapple and Nicholas Snowman.^[3] As a chorister there, Rutter took part in the first () recording of Britten's War Requiem under the composer's baton.^[4] He thence read music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the choir. Whilst an undergraduate, he had his first compositions published, including the "Shepherd's Pipe Carol".^[4] He served as director of music at Clare C John rutter composer biography.