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John Veale
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John Douglas Louis Veale (June 15, 1922 - November 16, 2006) was an English classical composer. He was born in Shortlands, Bromley, Kent. He was educated at Repton and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, alongside Kenneth Tynan. As a composer, he was largely self-taught, but took some lessons from Egon Wellesz, Thomas Armstrong, Roger Sessions and Roy Harris (the latter's only English pupil). He served as film correspondent with the Oxford Mail (1966 - 1980) and as copy editor at Oxford University Press (1968 - 1987). His compositions include three symphonies (No. 1 was written 1944-47, and premiered by Sir John Barbirolli at the Cheltenham Music Festival in 1952; No. 2 written in 1965; No. 3 in 1997), a clarinet concerto (1954), a violin concerto, 'Panorama' (an orchestral evocation of San Francisco premiered by Sir Adrian Boult in 1951), 'Metropolis' concert overture (1955 premiered by Sir Charles Groves), numerous other orchestral and ensemble pieces including 'Apocalypse' for chorus and orchestra, and a number of film scores including Purple Plain, The Spanish Gardener, No Road Back, Portrait of Alison and High Tide at Noon. Some of his film scores were later destroyed by the film studios. He wrote in a tonal idiom and suffered under the avant garde musical regime at the British Broadcasting Corporation headed by its Director of Music William Glock and almost ceased composition in the 1960s. Following his re-discovery in the 1980s he resumed composing. His Violin Concert
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Violin Concerto: II. Lament: Largo
92Violin Concerto: I. Moderato - Allegro - Tempo I - Allegro
83Violin Concerto: III. Vivace - Andantino - Tempo I - Andantino - Tempo I - Andantino - Tempo I
64Clarinet Concerto
55Triptych
56Impromptu
57The House On Marsh Road (a.k.a. Invisible Creature) 1
48Joanna's Theme from 'High Tide at Noon'
49Title Music from 'The Spanish Gardener'
410Violin Concerto: II. Lament. Largo
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Chamber Works by Veale and Crawford
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Music from The Movies (Featuring British Movies 1937-57)
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Britten - Veale - Violin Concertos - Mordkovitch
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Heritage Of Blood: Volume 2 (1960 - 1963)
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Unheard Melodies: 50 Years Of Rare Uk Fantasy, Horror & Sci-Fi Themes - Vol. 2
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Music from The Movies (Featuri
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Ariel's Music
Chamber Music by John Veale and Robert Crawford
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Bax, Dyson, Veale & Bliss: Violin Concertos
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War in the Air (London SO/Mathieson)
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Britten & Veale: Violin Concertos
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Britten, Veale: Violin Concertos