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Paperback / softback. New. Eric Coates (1886-1957) is perhaps the most familiar name associated with British light music. Sir Charles Groves said that 'his music crackled with enthusiasm and vitality. He could write tunes and clothe them in the most attractive musical colours'. Coates won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, and from 1912 to 1919 he was principal viola of the Queen's Hall Orchestra under Sir Henry Wood. He also played under such conductors as Elgar, Delius, Richard Strauss, Debussy, and Beecham. It was, however, as a composer of orchestral music that he found his greatest success. Beginning with the Miniature Suite, written for the 1911 Promenade Concerts, he forged an enviable reputation as a composer. By the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most popular and highest-paid British composers, with a string of popular works flowing from his pen. Coates' music has become indelibly entwined with such popular radio programmes as the BBC's In Town Tonight,…
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- Title The Life and Music of Eric Coates
- Author Michael Payne
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 296
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- Date 2016-11-17
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9781138271494 / 1138271497
- Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.62 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.57 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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