Frederic Bayco, sometimes spelt Fredric Bayco (1913 - 1970) was an English organist and composer of light music

Light music

Light music is a generic term applied to a mainly British musical style of "light" orchestral music, which originated in the 19th century and had its heyday during the early to mid part of the 20th century, although arguably it lasts to the present day....

, best known for his Tudor pastiche "Elizabethan Masque". Born in London, he attended Brighton School of Music, where he attained an ARCO. He was later made a fellow of the Royal College of Organists

Royal College of Organists

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 (FRCO). Other pieces include his marches "Royal Windsor" and "Marche Militaire".

Like many composers of the light music genre, he contributed a number of pieces to music libraries

Music library

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, and as a result his pieces "Inferno" and "Finger of Fear" have ended up being frequently used in programmes such as the Ren and Stimpy Show. Many of his KPM library compositions have a historical or martial feel, for example the mock-heroic "Joust" Other pieces appear to have unusual titles, for example "Bear in a Buggy".