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Albert Ketèlbey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albert William Ketèlbey (9 August 1875 - 26 November 1959) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. Biography 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, especally 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 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 performe
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Langnek - In a Monestary Garden
1122Langnek
583In A Persian Market
524In a Persian market (Ketelby)
305In A Monastery Garden
206Langnek: In a Monestary Garden
187Langnek (In a monastry garden)
148Ketelby / Langnek (In A Monastry Garden)
99Langnek (In A Monestary Garden)
510In a Persian Market - Paris, Apr. 28, 1937, HMV K-7906, MX. OLA 1771-1
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