Oswald Astley Cheesman

Deceased Person

1913 – 1985

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Who was Oswald Astley Cheesman?

Oswald Astley Cheesman was a New Zealand musician, music teacher, conductor and composer. He was born in Christchurch, Northern Canterbury, New Zealand on 13 September 1913.

After WWII he was involved in forming first New Zealand Broadcasting Service’s Auckland Radio Orchestra and then in 1946 and '47 the National Orchestra, now the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

In 1970 he received the Benny Award from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc, the highest honour available to a New Zealand variety entertainer.

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Born
Sep 13, 1913
Christchurch
Died
1985

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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