Albert Ketèlbey

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Albert William Ketèlbey (9 August 1875 – 26 November 1959) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. Biography Ketèlbey was born in Alma Street in the Lozells area of Birmingham, England, the son of George Ketelbey (written with no accent), and Sarah Aston. At the age of eleven he wrote a piano sonata that won praise from Edward Elgar. Ketèlbey attended the Trinity College of Music in London, where he showed his talent for playing various orchestral instruments reflected in the masterfully colourful orchestration, especially of oriental inspiration, that became his trademark, and beat the runner-up, Gustav Holst, for a musical scholarship. He used the pseudonyms Raoul Clifford and Anton Vodorinski for some of his earlier works (some reference books mistakenly give Vodorinski as his true name and Ketèlbey as the pseudonym). His name is frequently misspelt Ketelby. Being appointed musical director of London's Vaudeville Theatre, Ketèlbey continued writing diverse vocal and instrumental music. Later, he became famous for composing lightweight, popular music, much of which was used as accompaniments to silent films, and as mood music at tea dances. Success enabled him to relinquish his London appointments. Once, whilst conducting a programme of his own music at a Royal Command Performance, Ketèlbey gave a second rendering of the State Procession movement of his Cockney Suite during the interval, at the request of King George V, who had arrived too late to hear it perfor

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Ketèlbey: In a Persian Market, In a Monastery Garden & In a Chinese Temple Garden

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The World of Ketèlbey

Ketelbey: In A Monastery Garden / Chal Romano

Ketèlbey: In a Persian Market

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A Dream Picture

Ketelbey: Piano Music, Vol. 1

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Elizabethan Serenade: The Best Of British Light Music

The World of Ketèlby

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Ketelbey: Piano Music, Vol. 2

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In a Monastery Garden: The Immortal Works of Albert Ketèlbey

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A Collection of Albert Ketèlbey

In a Monastery Garden

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