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Arthur Bliss

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Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (2 August 189127 March 1975) was an English composer and conductor. [1]

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Housman, Adam Zero, Adrian Boult, Adrian Boult discography, Albert Elkus, Albert Sammons, Alfredo Campoli, Alicia de Larrocha, An Age of Kings, Anthony Bernard, Arnold Bax, Arthur Benjamin, August 2, Éva Gauthier, Bath Bach Choir, BBC Chorus, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Bliss (surname), Bradford Festival Choral Society, British brass band, Bryan Fairfax, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge University Musical Society, Caroline Bliss, Cecil Coles, Charles Groves, Charles Illingworth, Charles Villiers Stanford, Checkmate (ballet), Chess in the arts, Christopher Columbus (1949 film), Christopher Palmer, Chronological list of English classical composers, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Clarence Raybould, Clarinet quintet, Clive Lythgoe, Colin Davis, Color symbolism, Conquest of the Air, Coronation of Elizabeth II, Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Cyril Rootham, Cyril Smith (pianist), David Campbell (British musician), David Earl (composer), ..., David Franklin (broadcaster), Eda Kersey, Edith Coates, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Edward Clark (conductor), Edward Elgar, Edward Knight (composer), Eileen Joyce, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, English art song, English Music Festival, English Musical Renaissance, English Singers, Eric Ball (composer), Eric Hope, Ernest Fleischmann, Ernest John Moeran, Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet, Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Forbes Robinson, Four Songs, Francis Chagrin, Frederick Grinke, Frederick Thurston, Friedemann Kupsa, Garrick Club, Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer, Gerald Finzi, Gertrude Hoffmann (actress), Gorbals, Grace Inez Crawford, Griller Quartet, Gwynn Parry Jones, Hans-Hubert Schönzeler, Harriet Cohen, Herbert Howells, Howell Glynne, I, Claudius (film), Ian Venables, II Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, Isleworth Studios, Ivor Gurney, Ivor McMahon, J. 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Priestley, James Johnston (tenor), Jennifer Vyvyan, Joan Trimble, John Barbirolli, John Ogdon, John Westbrook (actor), Joy Finzi, Julian Lloyd Webber, Kenneth Alwyn, Kenneth MacMillan, Kensington Symphony Orchestra, Kevin Crossley-Holland, Léon Goossens, Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Ratner, Leonard Strong, Leopold Stokowski, List of 1944 ballet premieres, List of ballets by title, List of British classical composers, List of choral symphonies, List of classical music sub-titles, nicknames and non-numeric titles, List of classical piano duos (performers), List of composers by name, List of compositions by Arthur Bliss, List of compositions for cello and orchestra, List of compositions for horn, List of compositions for keyboard and orchestra, List of compositions for piano and orchestra, List of compositions for viola: A to B, List of Desert Island Discs episodes (1951–60), List of English Heritage blue plaques in the London Borough of Camden, List of Fellows of the Royal College of Music, List of film score composers, List of Knights and Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by Elizabeth II (1952–77), List of Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour, List of operas by composer, List of people from Hampstead, List of Royal College of Music people, List of songs banned by the BBC, List of string quartet composers, List of symphonies with names, List of symphony composers, List of television operas, List of University of Cambridge people, List of works for piano left-hand and orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra filmography, Lydia Mordkovitch, Maida Vale Studios, Malcolm Sargent, Malcolm Sargent discography, Malcolm Williamson, March 27, Margherita Grandi, Marguerite Wolff, Martin Roscoe, Master of the Queen's Music, Matthew Jones (musician), Melos Ensemble, Michael Benthall, Miracle in the Gorbals, Morning Heroes, Morpheus (Rebecca Clarke), Mortlake Cemetery, Mstislav Rostropovich, Muir Mathieson, Murray Dickie, Nero and the Gladiators, Noel Mewton-Wood, Norfolk and Norwich Festival, North American Brass Band Association, Oboe quintet, Ofra Harnoy, Orgelbüchlein, Paul Spicer (musician), Peter Graeme, Philharmonic Quartet, Philip Fowke, Philip Lane (composer), Piano concerto, Piano Concerto (Bliss), Piano Concerto (Tippett), Piano quartet, Pierre Monteux, Plays with incidental music, Prayer of Saint Francis, Processional, Rae Woodland, Ralph Hodgson, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Raphael Wallfisch, Renate Eggebrecht, Rhondda Gillespie, Richard Arnell, Robert Cohen (cellist), Roger Nixon, Ronald Lewis (baritone), Roy Harris, Roy Henderson (baritone), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Society, Rudolph Cartier, Rupert Marshall-Luck, Ruth Gipps, Rutland Boughton, Savitri (opera), Seven Waves Away, Skaila Kanga, Society for the Promotion of New Music, Solomon (pianist), Sophie Wyss, Steuart Wilson, Symphony No. 7 (Bax), The Beggar's Opera (film), The Greek Passion (opera), The Immortal Hour, The Lady of Shalott, The Olympians, The Proms, The Royal Opera, The Tempest, Things to Come, Three Choirs Festival, Toby Spence, Tramp (disambiguation), Trevor Barnard, Vernon Handley, Viola, Viola sonata, W. 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A Child of Our Time

A Child of Our Time is a secular oratorio by the British composer Michael Tippett (190598), who also wrote the libretto.

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A Colour Symphony

A Colour Symphony, Op.

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A. E. Housman

Alfred Edward Housman (26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.

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Adam Zero

Adam Zero is a ballet with music composed by Arthur Bliss and choreographed by Robert Helpmann in 1946.

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Adrian Boult

Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH (8 April 1889 – 22 February 1983) was an English conductor.

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Adrian Boult discography

The English conductor Sir Adrian Boult was a prolific recording artist.

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Albert Elkus

Albert Israel Elkus (April 30, 1884 – February 19, 1962) was an American composer, pianist, and educator.

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Albert Sammons

Albert Edward Sammons CBE (23 February 188624 August 1957) was an English violinist, composer and later violin teacher.

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Alfredo Campoli

Alfredo Campoli (20 October 1906 – 27 March 1991) was an Italian-born British violinist, often known simply as Campoli.

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Alicia de Larrocha

Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle (23 May 192325 September 2009) was a Spanish pianist and composer.

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An Age of Kings

An Age of Kings is a fifteen-part serial adaptation of the eight sequential history plays of William Shakespeare (Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), produced by the BBC in 1960.

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Anthony Bernard

Anthony Bernard Basona (25 January 18916 April 1963) was an English conductor, organist, pianist and composer.

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Arnold Bax

Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer, poet, and author.

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Arthur Benjamin

Arthur Leslie Benjamin (Sydney, 18 September 1893London, 10 April 1960) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher.

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August 2

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Éva Gauthier

Ida Joséphine Phoebe Éva Gauthier (September 20, 1885December 20 or 26, 1958) was a Canadian-American mezzo-soprano and voice teacher.

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Bath Bach Choir

Bath Bach Choir, formerly The City of Bath Bach Choir (CBBC), is based in Bath, Somerset, England, and is a registered charity.

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BBC Chorus

There have been three choirs named The BBC Chorus in the history of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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BBC Singers

The BBC Singers are a British chamber choir, and the professional chamber choir of the BBC.

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BBC Symphony Chorus

The BBC Symphony Chorus is a British amateur chorus based in London.

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Birmingham Royal Ballet

Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) is one of the three major ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside The Royal Ballet and the English National Ballet.

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Bliss (surname)

Bliss is a surname.

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Bradford Festival Choral Society

Bradford Festival Choral Society was founded as a direct result of the opening of St George's Hall in 1853.

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British brass band

A British brass band is a musical ensemble comprising a standardized range of brass and percussion instruments.

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Bryan Fairfax

Lancelot Beresford Bryan Fairfax (8 February 192511 January 2014) was an Australian conductor based in the United Kingdom, who was known for his championing of little known or neglected works.

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Cambridge University Library

Cambridge University Library is the main research library of the University of Cambridge in England.

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Cambridge University Musical Society

The Cambridge University Musical Society (CUMS) is a federation of the university's main orchestral and choral ensembles, which cumulatively put on a substantial concert season during the university term.

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Caroline Bliss

Caroline Bliss (born 12 July 1961) is an English actress who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

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Cecil Coles

Cecil Frederick Coles (7 October 1888 – 26 April 1918) was a Scottish composer who was killed on active service in World War I.

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Charles Groves

Sir Charles Barnard Groves CBE (10 March 191520 June 1992) was an English conductor.

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Charles Illingworth

Sir Charles Frederick William Illingworth FRSE FRCSE (8 May 1899 – 23 February 1991) was a British surgeon who specialised in gastroenterology.

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Charles Villiers Stanford

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor.

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Checkmate (ballet)

Checkmate is a one act ballet created by the choreographer Ninette de Valois and composer Arthur Bliss.

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Chess in the arts

Chess became a source of inspiration in the arts in literature soon after the spread of the game to the Arab World and Europe in the Middle Ages.

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Christopher Columbus (1949 film)

Christopher Columbus is a 1949 British biographical film starring Fredric March as Christopher Columbus and Florence Eldridge as Queen Isabella.

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Christopher Palmer

Christopher Francis Palmer (9 September 194622 January 1995) was an English composer, arranger and orchestrator; biographer of composers, champion of lesser-known composers and writer on film music and other musical subjects; record producer; and lecturer.

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Chronological list of English classical composers

The following is a chronological list of classical music composers living and working in England, or originating from England.

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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England.

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Clarence Raybould

Clarence Raybould (Robert Clarence Raybould) was born in Birmingham on 28 June 1886, to Robert James Raybould (born 1862), a printer compositor, and Ellen Amelia Raybould (née Weston, born 1862), and died in Bideford on 27 March 1972.

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Clarinet quintet

Traditionally a clarinet quintet is a chamber musical ensemble made up of one clarinet, plus the standard string quartet of two violins, one viola, and one cello.

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Clive Lythgoe

Clive Lythgoe (9 April 1927 – 4 September 2006), was a leading British classical pianist of the 1950s and 1960s, popular in the UK and the United States, where he was considered to be "Britain's answer to Liberace".

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Colin Davis

Sir Colin Rex Davis (25 September 1927 – 14 April 2013) was an English conductor, known for his association with the London Symphony Orchestra, having first conducted it in 1959.

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Color symbolism

Color symbolism in art and anthropology refers to the use of color as a symbol in various cultures.

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Conquest of the Air

Conquest of the Air is a 1936 documentary film or docudrama on the history of aviation, until the early stages of World War II.

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Coronation of Elizabeth II

The coronation of Elizabeth II as Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) took place on 2 June 1953, at Westminster Abbey.

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Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

The coronation of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth and as Emperor and Empress of India took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 12 May 1937.

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Cyril Rootham

Cyril Bradley Rootham (5 October 1875 – 18 March 1938) was an English composer, educator and organist.

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Cyril Smith (pianist)

Cyril James Smith OBE (11 August 19092 August 1974) was a virtuoso concert pianist of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and a piano teacher.

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David Campbell (British musician)

David Campbell (born 15 April 1953), is a British clarinetist.

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David Earl (composer)

David Earl (born 1951) is a South African composer and pianist.

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David Franklin (broadcaster)

David Franklin (17 May 190822 October 1973) was a British opera singer and broadcaster.

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Eda Kersey

Eda Kersey (15 May or 16 May 190413 July 1944) was a British violinist who was renowned for her brilliant playing.

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Edith Coates

Edith Coates OBE (31 May 1908 – 7 January 1983) was an English operatic mezzo-soprano.

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Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO) is a Canadian orchestra based in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Edward Clark (conductor)

Thomas Edward Clark (10 May 188830 April 1962) was an English conductor and music producer for the BBC.

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Edward Elgar

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire.

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Edward Knight (composer)

Edward Knight (born November 4, 1961) is an American composer.

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Eileen Joyce

Eileen Alannah Joyce CMG (1 January 190825 March 1991) was an Australian pianist whose career spanned more than 30 years.

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Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge aka Liz Coolidge (30 October 1864 – 4 November 1953), born Elizabeth Penn Sprague, was an American pianist and patron of music, especially of chamber music.

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English art song

The composition of art song in England and English-speaking countries has a long history, beginning with lute song in the late 16th century and continuing today.

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English Music Festival

The English Music Festival (also known as EMF) is an annual four-day event held over the second May bank holiday, dedicated to the performance of British composers from the mediaeval to the present day with a strong focus on the early to mid twentieth century.

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English Musical Renaissance

The English Musical Renaissance was a hypothetical development in the late 19th and early 20th century, when British composers, often those lecturing or trained at the Royal College of Music, were said to have freed themselves from foreign musical influences, to have begun writing in a distinctively national idiom, and to have equalled the achievement of composers in mainland Europe.

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English Singers

The English Singers, co-founded in 1920 by the singers Cuthbert Kelly and Steuart Wilson, was a vocal group which specialised in early English music.

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Eric Ball (composer)

Eric Walter John Ball OBE (31 October 1903 – 1 October 1989) was an English composer, arranger and conductor of brass band music, described as "one of the most prolific writers and influential figures in the brass band and choral world".

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Eric Hope

Eric Hope (17 January 1915 – 2 August 1999) was a British pianist.

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Ernest Fleischmann

Ernest Martin Fleischmann (December 7, 1924 – June 13, 2010) was a German-born American impresario who served for 30 years as executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which he upgraded to become a top-ranked orchestra.

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Ernest John Moeran

Ernest John Moeran (31 December 18941 December 1950) was an English composer who had strong associations with Ireland (his father was Irish, he spent much of his life there, and he died there).

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Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet

The Munich Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet, Renate Eggebrecht 1st violin, Mario Korunic 2nd violin, Stefan Berg viola, Friedemann Kupsa violoncello, was founded in 1989 in the occasion of the performance and publication of Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel's String Quartet in E-flat major and Piano Quartet in A-flat major at the Gasteig/Munich.

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Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus is a work for harp and string orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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Forbes Robinson

Peter Forbes Robinson (21 May 192613 May 1987) was a British bass, born in Macclesfield, best known for his performances in works by Mozart, Verdi, and Britten.

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Four Songs

Four Songs or 4 Songs may refer to.

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Francis Chagrin

Francis Chagrin (born Alexander Paucker, 15 November 1905 – 10 November 1972), was a composer of film scores and popular orchestral music, as well as a conductor.

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Frederick Grinke

Frederick Grinke CBE (8 August 1911 - 16 March 1987) was a Canadian born violinist who had an international career as soloist, chamber musician, and teacher.

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Frederick Thurston

Frederick John Thurston (21 September 1901 – 12 December 1953) was an English clarinettist.

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Friedemann Kupsa

Friedemann Kupsa (* September 7, 1943 in St.Pölten, Austria) is an Austrian Cellist.

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Garrick Club

The Garrick Club is a gentlemen's club in the heart of London founded in 1831.

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Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer

Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer (8 October 1882 – 29 November 1957) was an Irish composer, mainly of operas and vocal music, among them the first musical settings of poems by James Joyce.

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Gerald Finzi

Gerald Raphael Finzi (14 July 1901 – 27 September 1956) was a British composer.

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Gertrude Hoffmann (actress)

Gertrude W. Hoffmann (born Eliza Gertrude Wesselhoeft, May 17, 1871 – February 13, 1968) was a German-born American character actress who began her Hollywood career as she was entering her later years.

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Gorbals

The Gorbals is an area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, on the south bank of the River Clyde.

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Grace Inez Crawford

Grace Inez Crawford, also known as Grace Lovat Fraser (1889–1977) was an American singer, actress, costume designer, translator of plays, and author of several books.

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Griller Quartet

The Griller String Quartet was a British musical ensemble particularly active from 1931 to c.1961 or 1963, when it was disbanded.

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Gwynn Parry Jones

Parry Jones (14 February 1891 – 26 December 1963), known early in his career as Gwynn Jones, was a Welsh tenor of the mid-twentieth century.

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Hans-Hubert Schönzeler

Hans-Hubert Schönzeler (22 June 192530 April 1997) was a German-born Australian-naturalised English-resident composer, conductor and musicologist who became an authority on Anton Bruckner and Antonín Dvořák.

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Harriet Cohen

Harriet Pearl Alice Cohen CBE (2 December 189513 November 1967) was a British pianist.

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Herbert Howells

Herbert Norman Howells (17 October 1892 – 23 February 1983, 90 years of age at time of death) was an English composer, organist, and teacher, most famous for his large output of Anglican church music.

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Howell Glynne

Howell Glynne (24 January 190624 November 1969) was an operatic bass.

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I, Claudius (film)

I, Claudius is an unfinished 1937 film adaptation of the novels I, Claudius (1934) and Claudius the God (1935) by Robert Graves.

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Ian Venables

Ian Venables (born 1955) is a British composer of art songs and chamber music.

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II Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

The second edition of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, then known as Eugène Ysaÿe Competition, took place in Brussels from May 15 - May 31, 1938, and was the inaugural edition of its piano competition.

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Isleworth Studios

Isleworth Studios is the common name of two former film studios in Great Britain.

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Ivor Gurney

Ivor Bertie Gurney (28 August 1890 – 26 December 1937) was an English poet and composer, particularly of songs.

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Ivor McMahon

Ivor McMahon (1924–1972) was an English violinist.

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J. B. Priestley

John Boynton Priestley, OM (13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984), known by his pen name J.B. Priestley, was an English novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, social commentator and broadcaster.

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James Johnston (tenor)

James Johnston (11 August 1903 - 17 October 1991) was a Northern Irish lyric tenor, principally in opera.

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Jennifer Vyvyan

Jennifer Vyvyan (13 March 1925 – 5 April 1974) was a British classical soprano who had an active international career in operas, concerts, and recitals from 1948 up until her death in 1974.

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Joan Trimble

Joan Trimble (18 June 1915 – 6 August 2000) was an Irish composer and pianist.

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John Barbirolli

Sir John Barbirolli, CH (2 December 189929 July 1970), né Giovanni Battista Barbirolli, was a British conductor and cellist.

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John Ogdon

John Andrew Howard Ogdon (27 January 1937 – 1 August 1989) was an English pianist and composer.

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John Westbrook (actor)

John Westbrook (1 November 1922 – 16 June 1989) was an English actor.

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Joy Finzi

Joy Finzi (March 3, 1907 - June 14, 1991) was an artist and founder of the Finzi Trust, a foundation named for her deceased husband, composer Gerald Finzi.

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Julian Lloyd Webber

Julian Lloyd Webber (born 14 April 1951) is a British cellist, conductor and the principal of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

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Kenneth Alwyn

Kenneth Alwyn (born Kenneth Alwyn Wetherell, 28 July 1925) is an English conductor, composer and writer.

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Kenneth MacMillan

Sir Kenneth MacMillan (11 December 192929 October 1992) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer who was artistic director of the Royal Ballet in London between 1970 and 1977, and its principal choreographer from 1977 until his death.

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra

Founded in 1956, London's Kensington Symphony Orchestra is one of the best known non-professional orchestras in Britain.

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Kevin Crossley-Holland

Kevin John William Crossley-Holland (born 7 February 1941) is an English translator, children's author and poet.

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Léon Goossens

Léon Jean Goossens, CBE, FRCM (12 June 1897 – 13 February 1988) was a British oboist.

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Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra

The Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra (LSSO) is a youth orchestra based in Leicester, England.

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Leonard Ratner

Leonard G. Ratner (July 30, 1916 – September 2, 2011), was an American musicologist, Professor of Musicology at Stanford University, He was a specialist in the style of the Classical period, and best known as a developer of the concept of Topic theory.

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Leonard Strong

Leonard Alfred George Strong (8 March 1896 – 17 August 1958) was a popular English novelist, critic, historian, and poet, and published under the name L. A. G. Strong.

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Leopold Stokowski

Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 188213 September 1977) was an English conductor of Polish and Irish descent.

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List of 1944 ballet premieres

*1944 ballet premieres, List of Category:Lists of ballet premieres by year Category:Lists of 1940s ballet premieres.

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List of ballets by title

The following is a list of ballets with entries in English Wikipedia.

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List of British classical composers

The following is a list of people born in Britain or of British citizenship who have worked or currently work in the classical music tradition.

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List of choral symphonies

Works are listed in chronological order.

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List of classical music sub-titles, nicknames and non-numeric titles

This is an alphabetically ordered list of sub-titles, nicknames and non-numeric titles that have been applied to classical music compositions of types that are normally identified only by some combination of number, key and catalogue number.

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List of classical piano duos (performers)

The term piano duo can refer both to a genre of music, written for two pianists to play at either one or two pianos, or to the two pianists themselves.

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List of composers by name

This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names.

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List of compositions by Arthur Bliss

This is a list of compositions by Arthur Bliss.

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List of compositions for cello and orchestra

This is a list of musical compositions for cello and orchestra ordered by their authors' surnames.

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List of compositions for horn

This is a selected list of musical compositions that feature a prominent part for the natural horn or the French horn, sorted by era and then by composer.

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List of compositions for keyboard and orchestra

This is a list of musical compositions for keyboard instruments such as the piano or harpsichord and orchestra.

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List of compositions for piano and orchestra

This is a list of compositions for piano and orchestra.

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List of compositions for viola: A to B

This article lists compositions written for the viola.

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List of Desert Island Discs episodes (1951–60)

The BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs invites castaways to choose eight pieces of music, a book (in addition to the Bible - or a religious text appropriate to that person's beliefs - and the Complete Works of Shakespeare) and a luxury item that they would take to an imaginary desert island, where they will be marooned indefinitely.

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List of English Heritage blue plaques in the London Borough of Camden

This is a list of the 168 English Heritage blue plaques in the London Borough of Camden.

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List of Fellows of the Royal College of Music

This is a List of Fellows of the Royal College of Music.

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List of film score composers

The following is a list of notable people who compose or have composed soundtrack music for films (i.e. film scores), television, video games and radio.

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List of Knights and Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by Elizabeth II (1952–77)

The Royal Victorian Order is an order of knighthood awarded by the sovereign of the United Kingdom and several Commonwealth realms.

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List of Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour

Below is a list of Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour from the order's creation in 1917 until the present day.

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List of operas by composer

This is a list of individual opera composers and their major works.

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List of people from Hampstead

This is a list of notable people who have lived in Hampstead, an area of northwest London known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations.

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List of Royal College of Music people

This is a partial listing of alumni, teachers and Fellows of the Royal College of Music, London.

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List of songs banned by the BBC

The following is a list of songs that the BBC (the British Broadcasting Corporation) has, at one stage or another, considered unsuitable for broadcasting on its radio and television stations.

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List of string quartet composers

This is a list of string quartet composers, chronologically sorted by date of birth and then by surname, whose notability is established by reliable sources.

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List of symphonies with names

While most symphonies have a number, many symphonies are known by their (nick)name.

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List of symphony composers

This is a list of composers who have written symphonies, listed in chronological order by year of birth, alphabetical within year.

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List of television operas

This is a list of operas specifically written for television performance.

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List of University of Cambridge people

This is a list of University of Cambridge people, featuring members of the University of Cambridge segregated in accordance with their fields of achievement.

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List of works for piano left-hand and orchestra

This is a list of concertos and concertante works for piano left-hand and orchestra.

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London Symphony Orchestra

The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), founded in 1904, is the oldest of London's symphony orchestras.

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London Symphony Orchestra filmography

The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) has been associated with the cinema since the days of silent film.

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Lydia Mordkovitch

Lydia Mordkovitch (née Shtimerman; 30 April 1944 – 9 December 2014) was a Russian violinist.

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Maida Vale Studios

Maida Vale Studios is a complex of seven BBC sound studios, of which five are in regular use, in Delaware Road, Maida Vale, London.

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Malcolm Sargent

Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (29 April 1895 – 3 October 1967) was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works.

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Malcolm Sargent discography

The conductor Malcolm Sargent's career as a recording artist began in the days of acoustic recording, shortly before the introduction of the microphone and electrical recording, and continued into the stereo LP era.

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Malcolm Williamson

Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson, AO, CBE (21 November 19312 March 2003) was an Australian composer.

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March 27

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Margherita Grandi

Margherita Grandi (10 October 1892Some sources give her birthdate as 4 October 1894.29 January 1972) was an Australian-born Italian soprano.

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Marguerite Wolff

Marguerite Wolff OBE (1919–2011) was a British pianist.

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Martin Roscoe

Martin Roscoe (born 3 August 1952) is an English classical pianist.

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Master of the Queen's Music

Master of the Queen's Music (or Master of the King's Music, or earlier Master of the King's Musick) is a post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Matthew Jones (musician)

Matthew Jones (born 1974) is a British violist, violinist and composer primarily known for his international performance work as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician.

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Melos Ensemble

The Melos Ensemble is a group of musicians who started in 1950 in London to play chamber music in mixed instrumentation of string instruments, wind instruments and others.

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Michael Benthall

Michael Pickersgill Benthall CBE (8 February 1919 – 6 September 1974) was an English theatre director.

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Miracle in the Gorbals

Miracle in the Gorbals (1944) is a one-act ballet choreographed by Robert Helpmann to a story by Michael Benthall, with music by Arthur Bliss.

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Morning Heroes

Morning Heroes is a choral symphony by the English composer Arthur Bliss.

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Morpheus (Rebecca Clarke)

Morpheus is a composition for viola and piano by the English composer and violist Rebecca Clarke.

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Mortlake Cemetery

Mortlake Cemetery is a cemetery in Kew in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (historically in North Sheen, Surrey).

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Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Leopoldovich "Slava" Rostropovich (Мстисла́в Леопо́льдович Ростропо́вич, Mstislav Leopol'dovič Rostropovič,; 27 March 192727 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor.

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Muir Mathieson

James Muir Mathieson, OBE (24 January 19112 August 1975) was a Scottish conductor and composer.

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Murray Dickie

Murray Dickie OBE (b. Bishopton, nr. Glasgow, 3 April 1924; d. Cape Town, South Africa, 19 June 1995) was a Scottish tenor opera singer and director, who established his career in England, Austria and Italy during the 1950s.

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Nero and the Gladiators

Nero & the Gladiators were a British instrumental rock and roll band in the early 1960s.

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Noel Mewton-Wood

Noel Mewton-Wood (20 November 19225 December 1953) was an Australian-born concert pianist who achieved international fame on the basis of many distinguished concerto recordings during his short life.

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Norfolk and Norwich Festival

Norfolk & Norwich Festival is an arts festival held annually in Norwich, England.

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North American Brass Band Association

The North American Brass Band Association (NABBA) is among the organizations whose goal is to promote brass banding in North America.

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Oboe quintet

An oboe quintet is a chamber music group of five individuals led by an oboist, or music written for this ensemble.

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Ofra Harnoy

Ofra Harnoy (עופרה הרנוי; born January 31, 1965) is a Canadian cellist.

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Orgelbüchlein

The Orgelbüchlein ("Little Organ Book") BWV 599−644 is a collection of 46 chorale preludes for organ written by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Paul Spicer (musician)

Paul Spicer (born 6 June 1952) is an English composer, conductor, and organist.

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Peter Graeme

Graeme Peter Crump (1921 – 1 March 2012), known professionally as Peter Graeme and as 'Timmy' Crump to friends and family, was an English oboist and academic teacher.

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Philharmonic Quartet

The Philharmonic Quartet was an English string quartet musical ensemble founded during the period of the First World War and remaining active until the early 1940s, by which time none of the original members were present in the group.

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Philip Fowke

Philip Fowke (born 28 June 1950) is an English pianist.

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Philip Lane (composer)

Philip Lane (born 1950) is an English composer and musicologist.

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Piano concerto

A piano concerto is a type of concerto, a solo composition in the Classical music genre which is composed for a piano player, which is typically accompanied by an orchestra or other large ensemble.

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Piano Concerto (Bliss)

The Piano Concerto in B-flat, Op.

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Piano Concerto (Tippett)

British composer Michael Tippett composed his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra between 1953 and 1955 on a commission from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

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Piano quartet

In European classical music, piano quartet denotes a chamber music composition for piano and three other instruments, or a musical ensemble comprising such instruments.

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Pierre Monteux

Pierre Benjamin Monteux (4 April 18751 July 1964) was a French (later American) conductor.

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Plays with incidental music

This is an incomplete list of plays for which incidental music has been written.

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Prayer of Saint Francis

The anonymous text that is usually called the Prayer of Saint Francis (or Peace Prayer, or Simple Prayer for Peace, or Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace) is a widely known Christian prayer for peace.

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Processional

A Processional is anything of, and or pertaining to a procession.

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Rae Woodland

Rae Woodland (9 April 1922 – 12 December 2013) was a British soprano who studied with Roy Henderson.

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Ralph Hodgson

Ralph Hodgson (9 September 1871 – 3 November 1962), Order of the Rising Sun (Chinese 旭日章),was an English poet, very popular in his lifetime on the strength of a small number of anthology pieces, such as The Bull.

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams (12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer.

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Raphael Wallfisch

Raphael Wallfisch (born 15 June 1953, London) is an English cellist.

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Renate Eggebrecht

Renate Eggebrecht (born August 12, 1944) is a German violinist and record producer.

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Rhondda Gillespie

Rhondda Gillespie (4 August 194130 December 2010) was an Australian-born classical pianist who resided primarily in the United Kingdom and Barbados.

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Richard Arnell

Richard Anthony Sayer ("Tony") Arnell (15 September 191710 April 2009) was an English composer of classical music.

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Robert Cohen (cellist)

Robert Cohen (born June 15, 1959) is a British concert cellist.

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Roger Nixon

Roger Alfred Nixon (August 8, 1921 – October 13, 2009) was an American composer, musician, and professor of music.

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Ronald Lewis (baritone)

Ronald Lewis (16 January 1916 – 30 December 1967) was a Welsh opera singer who sang leading baritone roles at the Royal Opera House, where he was a Principal Baritone in the company from 1951 to 1967, and the Welsh National Opera.

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Roy Harris

Roy Ellsworth Harris (February 12, 1898 – October 1, 1979) was an American composer.

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Roy Henderson (baritone)

Roy Galbraith Henderson CBE (4 July 189916 March 2000) was a leading English baritone in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society is a society based in Liverpool, England, that manages a professional symphony orchestra, a concert venue, and extensive programmes of learning through music.

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Royal Philharmonic Society

The Royal Philharmonic Society is a British music society, formed in 1813.

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Rudolph Cartier

Rudolph Cartier (born Rudolph Kacser, renamed himself in Germany to Rudolph Katscher; 17 April 1904 – 7 June 1994) was an Austrian television director, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer who worked predominantly in British television, exclusively for the BBC.

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Rupert Marshall-Luck

Rupert Marshall-Luck (born Rupert Luck) is a British violinist and musicologist.

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Ruth Gipps

Ruth Dorothy Louisa Gipps (20 February 1921 – 23 February 1999) was an English composer, oboist, pianist and impresario.

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Rutland Boughton

Rutland Boughton (23 January 187825 January 1960) was an English composer who became well known in the early 20th century as a composer of opera and choral music.

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Savitri (opera)

Sāvitri is a chamber opera in one act with music composed by Gustav Holst, his Opus 25, to his own libretto.

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Seven Waves Away

Seven Waves Away (alternate U.S. titles: Abandon Ship! and Seven Days From Now) is a 1957 British drama film starring Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, and Stephen Boyd.

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Skaila Kanga

Skaila Kanga (born in India) is a harpist and is Head of Harp Studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London, England.

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Society for the Promotion of New Music

The Society for the Promotion of New Music (SPNM), originally named The Committee for the Promotion of New Music, was founded January 1943 in London by Francis Chagrin, to promote the creation and performance of new music by young and unestablished composers.

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Solomon (pianist)

Solomon Cutner, CBE (9 August 19022 February 1988) was a British pianist known professionally simply as Solomon.

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Sophie Wyss

Sophie Adele Wyss (5 July 189725 December 1983) was a Swiss soprano who made her career as a concert singer and broadcaster in the UK.

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Steuart Wilson

Sir James Steuart Wilson (21 July 1889 – 18 December 1966) was an English singer, known for tenor roles in oratorios and concerts in the first half of the 20th century.

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Symphony No. 7 (Bax)

The Symphony No.

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The Beggar's Opera (film)

The Beggar's Opera is a 1953 Technicolor film version of John Gay's 1728 ballad opera directed by Peter Brook and starring Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Tutin, Stanley Holloway and others.

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The Greek Passion (opera)

The Greek Passion (Czech Řecké pašije) is an opera in four acts by Bohuslav Martinů.

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The Immortal Hour

The Immortal Hour is an opera by English composer Rutland Boughton.

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The Lady of Shalott

"The Lady of Shalott" is a ballad by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), recounting The Lady's imprisonment in a tower, her escape and her eventual death.

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The Olympians

The Olympians is an opera in three acts by Arthur Bliss to a libretto by J. B. Priestley, first performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 29 September 1949, conducted by Karl Rankl in a production by Peter Brook.

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The Proms

The Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London.

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The Royal Opera

The Royal Opera is a company based in central London, resident at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

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The Tempest

The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–1611, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone.

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Things to Come

Things to Come (also known in promotional material as H. G. Wells' Things to Come) is a 1936 British black-and-white science fiction film from United Artists, produced by Alexander Korda, directed by William Cameron Menzies, and written by H. G. Wells.

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Three Choirs Festival

Worcester cathedral Gloucester cathedral The Three Choirs Festival is a music festival held annually at the end of July, rotating among the cathedrals of the Three Counties (Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester) and originally featuring their three choirs, which remain central to the week-long programme.

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Toby Spence

Toby Spence (born 22 May 1969, London) is a British tenor active internationally on the concert platform, in the opera house and in recordings across a wide range of classical music.

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Tramp (disambiguation)

A tramp is a long-term homeless person who travels from place to place as an itinerant vagrant, traditionally walking or hiking.

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Trevor Barnard

Trevor John Barnard (born 3 January 1938) is a British-born Australian pianist and teacher.

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Vernon Handley

Vernon George "Tod" Handley CBE (11 November 1930 – 10 September 2008) was a British conductor, known in particular for his support of British composers.

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Viola

The viola is a string instrument that is bowed or played with varying techniques.

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Viola sonata

The viola sonata is a sonata for viola, sometimes with other instruments, usually piano.

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W. H. Davies

William Henry Davies or W. H. Davies (3 July 1871 – 26 September 1940) was a Welsh poet and writer.

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William Denis Browne

William Charles Denis Browne (3 November 1888 – 4 June 1915), primarily known as Billy to family and as Denis to his friends, was a British composer, pianist, organist and music critic of the early 20th century.

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Witold Lutosławski

Witold Roman Lutosławski (25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and orchestral conductor.

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World premieres at Carnegie Hall

The following is a list of musical works which received their premieres at Carnegie Hall.

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World Record Club

The World Record Club Ltd. was the name of a company in the United Kingdom which issued long-playing records and reel-to-reel tapes, mainly of classical music and jazz, through a membership mail-order system during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Zonnestraal (estate)

The estate Zonnestraal is a former sanatorium in Hilversum, the Netherlands.

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1891 in music

Events in the year 1891 in music.

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1912 in British music

This is a summary of 1912 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1920 in British music

This is a summary of 1920 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1920 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1920.

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1921 in British music

This is a summary of 1921 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1922 in British music

This is a summary of 1922 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1923 in British music

This is a summary of 1923 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1927 in British music

This is a summary of 1927 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1928 in British music

This is a summary of 1928 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1930 in British music

This is a summary of 1930 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1930 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1930.

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1932 in British music

This is a summary of 1932 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1932 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1932.

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1933 in British music

This is a summary of 1933 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1934 in British music

This is a summary of 1934 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1935 in British music

This is a summary of 1935 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1937 in British music

This is a summary of 1937 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1937 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1937.

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1939 in British music

This is a summary of 1939 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1939 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1939.

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1939 New York World's Fair

The 1939–40 New York World's Fair, which covered the of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (also the location of the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair), was the second most expensive American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St.

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1941 in British music

This is a summary of 1941 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1943 in British music

This is a summary of 1943 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1948 in British music

This is a summary of 1948 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1948 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1948.

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1949 in British music

This is a summary of 1949 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1950 Birthday Honours

The King's Birthday Honours 1950 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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1953 in British music

This is a summary of 1953 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

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1953 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1953.

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1955 in British music

This is a summary of 1955 in music of all genres in the United Kingdom.

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1955 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1955.

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1956 in British music

This is a summary of 1956 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

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1956 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1956.

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1958 in British music

This is a summary of 1958 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

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1958 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1958.

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1959 in British music

This is a summary of 1959 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

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1959 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1959.

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1967 in British music

This is a summary of 1967 in music in the United Kingdom.

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1967 in music

The year 1967 was an important one for psychedelic rock, and was famous for its "Summer of Love" in San Francisco.

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1969 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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1969 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1969 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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1970 in British music

This is a summary of 1970 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

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1970 in music

List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1970.

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1971 Birthday Honours

The 1971 Queen's Birthday Honours were appointments to orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms to reward and highlight citizens' good works, on the occasion of the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.

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1972 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1972.

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1975

It was also declared the International Women's Year by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.

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1975 in British music

This is a summary of 1975 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

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1975 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1975.

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2018 in classical music

This page is for major events and other topics related to classical music in 2018.

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Redirects here:

Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Bliss, Sir Arthur Edward Drummond, Sir Arthur Bliss, Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Bliss

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