Albert Edward Kelly

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Albert Edward Kelly (born September 8, 1914 in London , † 1994 ) was a British composer and conductor .

Life

Albert Edward Kelly received his first musical training from his father, a member of the Grenadier Guards Band and theater musician. As early as 1928 he joined the Royal Dragoon Guards as a young musician (a so-called junior bandsman ) . During World War II , Kelly served with the 4th / 7th Royal Dragoon Guards of the British Army , participated in the Allied landing at Arromanches-les-Bains and was injured in July 1944. After the end of the war, he studied from 1946 first at the Royal Military School of Music , then at the Royal College of Music and at the Royal Academy of Music . Kelly became a military bandmaster and directed the military music of the Royal Sussex Regiment from 1951 to 1961 . He then moved to public administration and was a senior executive in the British Civil Service until 1979 .

Kelly had been married since 1942; he had two sons and a daughter.

plant

Kelly wrote mainly marching music . His best-known pieces include the Arnhem March (Kelly's regiment suffered heavy losses during Operation Market Garden ) and the Arromanches March (named after the Arromanches-les-Bains near which Kelly landed during D-Day ).

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1956 Arnhem March
  • 1981 Bridget's Serenade (also published under the title Summer Serenade )
  • 1982 Amsterdam Harbor March
  • Arromanches March
  • The Gimlets March
  • Holiday in Spain (also published under the title Three Bagatelles )
  • Utopia March

Recordings (selection)

  • HM Kongens Gardes Musikkorps (1991, Musica, MULP 404), HM Kongens Gardes Musikkorps, Ivar Andresen (conductor) - Arnhem March .
  • We Love a Parade (1993, Chandos, CHAN 4527), Sellers Engineering Band, Phillip McCann and Norman Law (conductors) - Arromanches March .
  • D-Day: The 50th Anniversary (1994, Souvenir, SRCD 321), The Central Band of The Royal British Legion, EP Whealing (conductor) - Arromanches March .

literature

  • William H. Rehrig: The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. Composers and Their Music . Ed .: Paul E. Bierley. Volume 1: A – N. Integrity Press, Westerville, Ohio 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7 , pp. 394 .
  • Wolfgang Suppan , Armin Suppan : The brass music lexicon . 5th edition. HeBu-Musikverlag, Kraichtal 2010, ISBN 978-3-9806925-9-5 , p. 409 f .
  • Norman E. Smith: March Music Notes . 2nd Edition. Program Note Press, Lake Charles 1991, ISBN 0-9617346-1-2 , pp. 235 f .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albert Edward Kelly. BBC Music, accessed January 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Albert E. Kelly. Ballygowan Flute Band website, accessed January 4, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Kelly, Albert Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kelly, AE (abbreviation); Kelly, Albert E. (Abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 1994