Haydn Wood

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Haydn Wood (born March 25, 1882 in Slaithwaite ( Yorkshire ), † March 11, 1959 in London ) was an English composer and violinist.

life and work

Haydn Wood grew up on the Isle of Man . In 1897 he came to the Royal College of Music in London . There he studied composition with Charles Villiers Stanford and violin with Enrique Fernández Arbós . Studies with César Thomson in Brussels followed .

As a violin soloist, he went on extensive tours and gave concerts for 8 years with the Canadian soprano Emma Albani . Wood won a Cobbett Prize in 1905 with his “ Phantasie ” for string quartet . In 1909 he married the soprano Dorothy Court , with whom he often appeared together between 1913 and 1925, often with songs from his own pen. He was also successful as a composer of numerous orchestral works, some of which were commissioned by the BBC . From 1939 he was director of the Performing Rights Society .

Wood wrote 1 concerto each for violin and piano, variations for cello and orchestra, a (unpublished) symphony, stage works and around 200 songs and ballads (best known " Roses of Picardy ", " A Brown Bird Singing " and " Love's Garden of Roses "). He became known above all with over 80 orchestral works (variations, overtures, suites, rhapsodies and marches) attributed to " British Light Music ", popular among other things " London Landmarks Suite " with the phrase " Horse Guards, Whitehall ".

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SURNAME Wood, Haydn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English composer and violinist
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Slaithwaite ( Yorkshire )
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1959
Place of death London