Robert Newman

male, deceased (1926)
Robert Newman (1858-1926) was the manager of the Queen's Hall who founded the series of Promenade Concerts with Henry Wood as conductor. Newman was...
John Foulds

John Foulds

male, deceased (1939)
John Herbert Foulds, was a British composer of classical music from England. A successful composer of light music and theatre scores, his principal...
Ada Crossley

Ada Crossley

female, deceased (1929)
Ada Crossley (March 3 1874 - October 17, 1929) was an Australian singer. Crossley was a daughter of E. Wallis Crossley, a farmer, was born at...
Muriel Brunskill

Muriel Brunskill

female, deceased (1980)
Muriel Brunskill was a British contralto of the mid-twentieth century. Her teachers included Blanche Marchesi. Her professional début was in 1922. T...
Henry Balfour Gardiner

Henry Balfour Gardiner

male, deceased (1950)
Henry Balfour Gardiner was an English musician, composer, and teacher. Between his conventional education at Charterhouse School and New College,...
Margaret Balfour

Margaret Balfour

female, deceased (1961)
Margaret Balfour (died January 1961) was an English classical singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is best remembered as the angel in Elgar's own...
Noel Mewton-Wood

Noel Mewton-Wood

male, deceased (1953)
Noel Mewton-Wood was an Australian-born concert pianist who achieved some fame during his short life. Born in Melbourne, he studied at the...
Birt Acres

Birt Acres

male, deceased (1918)
Birt Acres (July 23, 1854-1918), born in Richmond, Virginia, USA of English parents was a photographer and film pioneer. He was the inventor of the...
Henri Verbrugghen

Henri Verbrugghen

male, deceased (1934)
Henri Verbrugghen was a Belgian musician, who directed orchestras in England, Scotland, Australia and the United States. Born in Brussels,...

William Henry Squire

male, deceased (1963)
William Henry Squire (8 August 1871 - March 17 1963) was a composer and cellist. Some pieces that he wrote are Danse Rustique, Bouree, Tarantella,...