Frederick Page (musician)

Frederick Joseph Page (1905–1983) was a New Zealand university professor of music, pianist and critic.

[1] In 1945/46, Page established the music department at Victoria University College in Wellington where he taught until his retirement in 1971.

[1] In 1950 Page was one of the founders of the New Zealand branch of the International Society for Contemporary Music in Wellington.

A transformatory experience was Page's visit in 1958 of the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music and the Donaueschingen Festival in Germany.

He became a personal friend of composer Pierre Boulez whose work Page promoted in New Zealand.