Auton, John George 18.aug.1915-4.jan.1993 England Yorkshire, Ripon Sharow - Staffordshire, Rugeley
organist, choirmaster, clarinetist, studied music at Ripon Grammar School and the Royal College of Music in London, GRSM London, ARCM organ performance, FRCO, 1939 as music teacher residing with his parents at 59 Sunnybank Crescent in Elland Yorkshire, 1939-1940 organist of Elland Parish Church, 1940-1941 organist/choirmaster of St Giles in Cambridge, 1941-1944 music master at Watts Naval School in Elmham Norfolk, assistant organist/choirmaster of St Luke's in London Chelsea, 1944 director of music at Chigwell School, 1949-1971 residing at 75 Turpins Lane in Woodford Bridge Chigwell Essex, 1952 conductor of Chigwell Choral Society, 1956-1961 conductor of Wessex Symphony Orchestra, 1959 organist/choirmaster of Chigwell Parish Church, 1966 director of Essex Reform Synagogue, 1993 residing at 31 Heron Street in Rugeley Staffordshire ; son of gardener and cemetery caretaker James Hewton Auton (25.nov.1870-7.apr.1952 Elland) and Sarah Dobson Beaumont (York 11.aug.1874-8.apr.1953 Campton Bedfordshire) ; 1942 in Chelsea he married Constance Anne Blackman (London Chelsea 15.feb.1914-1967 London St Pancras) ; 1968 in Epping Essex he married music editor Christine Young Johnson

Title Parts


[] Classics for strings. Set 1
arranged for intermediate string orchestra or quartet by John G. Auton, edited by Christine Auton
pub Musicland Ltd., Churcham Gloucester 1995
[] 1 - Four variations on a theme by Beethoven
[] 2 - A Brahms theme (Symphony no.1)
[] 3 - Variations on See the conquering hero comes (original composition by John G. Auton
[] Classics for strings. Set 2
music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arranged for school string orchestra by John G. Auton, edited by Christine Auton
pub Oxford University Press, Oxford 1984
pub Musicland Ltd., Churcham Gloucester 1995
[] 1 - Air and variation from 10 Variationen fur klavier uber ein Allegretto aus Sartis Oper I finti eredi (K Anh 289)
[] 2 - La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni
[] 3 - No.2 from Sechs deutsche tanze, K536
[] Up and back a double, six country dances for intermediate string orchestra or quartet
arranged by John G. Auton
pub Oxford University Press, Oxford 1987
arranged by John G. Auton, edited by Christine Auton
pub Musicland Ltd., Churcham Gloucester 1995
[] 1 - Newcastle
[] 2 - Askham Richard : sword dance
[] 3 - Goddesses
[] 4 - Rufty tufty
[] 5 - The hole in the wall
[] 6 - Galopede
[] Nancy's fancy, two traditional country dances for intermediate string orchestra or quartet (3 violins and cello)
arranged by John G. Auton, edited by Christine Auton
pub Musicland Ltd., Churcham Gloucester 1995
[] 1 - Nancy's fancy
[] 2 - Gathering peascods
[] Aunt Nan and the old man, six nursery rhymes for beginner string orchestra or quartet (3 violins and cello)
arranged by John G. Auton, edited by Christine Auton
pub Musicland Ltd., Churcham Gloucester 1995
[] 1 - Go and tell Aunt Nancy
[] 2 - St Paul's Steeple
[] 3 - This old man
[] 4 - Mary, Mary, quite contrary
[] 5 - Yankee Doodle
[] 6 - Twinkle, twinkle, little star
[] Folk songs for strings. Set 1
four arrangements for junior string orchestra or quartet
arranged by John G. Auton, edited by Christine Auton
pub Musicland Ltd., Gloucester 1995
[] 1 - The flowers in the valley
[] 2 - My love she's but a lassie yet
[] 3 - Afton water
[] 4 - Strawberry fair
[] Folk-songs for strings. Set 2
four arrangements for junior string orchestra or quartet
arranged by John G. Auton, edited by Christine Auton
pub Oxford University Press, Oxford 1984
pub Musicland Ltd., Churcham Gloucester 1995
[] 1 - The vicar of Bray
[] 2 - The tarpaulin jacket
[] 3 - Early one morning
[] 4 - Ye banks and braes
[] Folk-songs for strings. Set 3
four arrangements for junior string orchestra or quartet
arranged by John G. Auton, edited by Christine Auton
pub Oxford University Press, Oxford 1985
pub Musicland Ltd., Churcham Gloucester 1995
[] 1 - King Arthur ruled the land
[] 2 - Bobby Shaftoe
[] 3 - The bluebells of Scotland
[] 4 - A good sword and a trusty hand
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