Arthur Alexander (25 March 1891 – 8 July 1969) was a New Zealand-born pianist, teacher and composer who spent most of his career in the United Kingdom.
[1] Alexander was born in Dunedin and educated at Wellington College, where he studied piano with Maughan Barnett and composition and harmony with Lawrence Watkins.
He won the largest number of prizes ever at the Academy, including the Macfarren and Chappell gold medals for piano playing, and was appointed a sub-professor there.
His friends and associates included Arnold Bax, Sam Hartley Braithwaite, Harriet Cohen, John Ireland and Nikolai Medtner.
Alexander married the composer Freda Swain in 1921, and before World War II the couple toured South Africa and Australia, lecturing, broadcasting and performing recitals.