Code, Percy (Edward Percival)

Code, Percy (Edward Percival)Code, Percy Edward PercivalPercy Edward Percival Code (* South Melbourne, 3 July 1888; † Melbourne, 16 Oct. 1953), conductor, cornettist. He was born into a musical family; his father was a musician and a conductor of brass bands. He learnt cornet from his father and won the South Street Eisteddfod in his teens; this enabled him to play with the Besses o' the Barn band in Australia and England. During his tour of England he studied composition and arranging at the…