Goehr, Walter (1903-1960)

German-born British conductor and composer. He gave the first performances of Benjamin Britten's Serenade and Michael Tippett's A Child of our Time. He also made editions of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 and Poppea.

He studied with Arnold Schoenberg in Berlin, conducting the Radio Orchestra there 1925-31. In 1933 he moved to London and was music director of the Columbia Graphophone Company until 1939. He conducted Morley College concerts from 1943.

He was the father of Alexander Goehr.

Works symphony, radio opera, incidental, and chamber music.