Editing David Bedford (section)

==Early life and career==
Bedford was born in [[Hendon| Hendon, London]] to Leslie Bedford, the director of engineering for the guided weapons division of the British Aircraft Corporation, and Lesley Duff, a soprano singer who worked with the English Opera Group.<ref name=guardian_obit>
{{cite web|title=David Bedford obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/04/david-bedford|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=22 September 2022|date=4 Oct 2011|first=Keith|last=Potter}}
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{{cite web|title=Steuart Bedford obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/21/steuart-bedford-obituary|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=22 September 2022|date=21 Feb 2021|first=Barry|last=Millington}}
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He was educated at [[Lancing College]] in West Sussex.<ref name=guardian_obit />  When he was 19, he acted as a conscientious objector in lieu of performing national service, which was still mandatory in Britain at the time.<ref name=guardian_obit /><ref name=national_service>
{{cite web|title=National Service|url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/yourcountry/overview/nationalservice|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=22 September 2022}}
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During this time he worked as a porter at [[Guy's Hospital|Guy's Hospital, London]].<ref name=guardian_obit />

Bedford studied music at the [[Royal Academy of Music]] under [[Lennox Berkeley]], and later in [[Venice]] under [[Luigi Nono (composer)|Luigi Nono]].  His studies and early influences included the work of Nono, [[Paul Hindemith]], [[Arnold Schoenberg]] and [[Anton Webern]].<ref name=albion>[[Decca Records|Decca]] (1970) LP notes by Anthony Payne from ''Music for Albion Moonlight'' LP ZRG 638</ref>
In the mid-60s, he was a music teacher at Whitefield school in Hendon, before 
joining [[Queen's College, London|Queen’s College]] in London as composer in residence in 1969.<ref name=music_aficionado>
{{cite web|title=David Bedford part 1, 1969-1972|url=https://musicaficionado.blog/2020/07/29/david-bedford-part-1-1969-1972|publisher=The Music Aficionado|access-date=22 September 2022|date=29 July 2020}}
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Bedford was a former president of the [[Severnside Composers' Alliance]]<ref name="arnolfini 2012">{{cite web|title=Severnside Composers Alliance Presents: More Strings Times Four, a tribute to David Bedford|url=http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/music/details/1243|work=Arnolfini website|publisher=[[Arnolfini, Bristol|Arnolfini]]access-date=12 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502021852/http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/music/details/1243|archive-date=2 May 2012}}</ref> and a founding Trustee of the PRS for Music Foundation, which supports the composition of new pieces.<ref name=prs_obit>
{{cite web|title=David Bedford 1937-2011|url=https://www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/news/david-bedford-1937-2011|publisher=[[PRS for music]]|date=4 Oct 2011|access-date=22 September 2022|last=Nichols|first=Paul}}
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