Roland Bocquet [SEP] place of death
Roland Bocquet
Roland Bocquet (3 June 1878 – 16 October 1956) was a British composer, pianist and teacher who for most of his career was based in the city of Dresden, and is chiefly associated with the composition of German Lieder. For the most part his work was rarely heard in Britain and he is now relatively unknown. In Germany, however, he had a limited but devoted following during his lifetime, and his music is still performed.
Early life.
Roland Bocquet was born Hugh Rowland Bocquet
of William Bocquet of Liverpool and his wife, Baroness Van Zuylen van Neveldt de Gaesbeck of Brussels. His brother was the composer, Roland Bocquet, and both boys were educated at Bedford Modern School.
Bocquet was apprenticed for two years with the London and North Western Railway before joining the Indian State Railways in 1901 as a Transport Officer. In 1912 he was recorded as being a Captain in the Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifles having volunteered on 17 December 1907.
Bocquet served in World War I with the East Bengal