Margaret Augusta Eliot (26 February 1914 – 27 February 2011) was an English music teacher and musician. She was a professor of oboe at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and her best-known student (from 1948) was George Martin; in 2011, just before her death at age 97, she appeared in the documentary film Produced by George Martin.[3] In the early 1960s she also taught Paul McCartney how to play the recorder, which he later did on The Fool On The Hill.[4]
Margaret Eliot | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Born | Margaret Augusta Eliot (1914-02-26)26 February 1914[1] London, England |
Died | 27 February 2011(2011-02-27) (aged 97) [2] |
Occupation | Professor of Oboe |
Spouse | Richard Asher |
Children | Peter Asher Jane Asher Clare Asher |
Eliot was also an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music.
Margaret Eliot was born to Hon. Edward Granville Eliot (1878–1958) - a younger brother of both 7th and 8th Earls of St Germans - and his wife Clare Louise née Phelips (1883–1927). She was a great granddaughter of Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans (1798–1877).
On 27 July 1943,[5] she married Dr Richard Asher (1912–1969); the couple had three children:
![]() ![]() | This article about an English musician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
![]() | This article about a British classical musician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
![]() | This article on a musician who plays a woodwind instrument is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |