Albert William Ketelbey

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Albert William Ketèlbey (9 August 1875 - 26 November 1959) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. Ketèlbey was born in Birmingham, England, as son of George Ketelbey [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, he 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 He was active in several other fields including being music editor to some well-known publishing houses and for some years Musical Director of the Columbia Graphophone Company. Ketelbeys music is frequently heard on radio. In a 2003 poll by the BBC radio programme Your hundred best tunes, 'Bells across the meadow' was voted 36th mos

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Ketelbey: In A Monastery Garden / Chal Romano

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Klasyczne wspomnienia

Tcherepnin: 5 Concert Etudes / Gould: Pieces of China / Adams: China Gates

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Classical Music 100 vol.1

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Elizabethan Serenade: The Best Of British Light Music

KETELBEY: Piano Music, Vol. 1

KETELBEY: Piano Music, Vol. 2

KETELBEY: In a Persian Market

Best of British Light Music, Vol. 1

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Organ Favorites On Vancouver's Orpheum Grand Wurlitzer

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Ketelbey: Piano Music, Vol. 1

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In a Monastery Garden: The Immortal Works of Albert Ketèlbey

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