Deryck Cooke
Deryck Cooke (
1919-
1975) was a
British musicologist who was born in
Leicester.
He composed a "performing version" of Mahler's unfinished 10th Symphony that has been recorded by Sir Simon Rattle with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (1980) and the Berlin Philharmonic (2001).
His other works include
- The Language of Music
- An Introduction to "Der Ring Des Nibelungen" (audio, with extracts from Solti's recording)
- I Saw the World End: A Study of Wagner's Ring (unfinished at his death)