Landon Ronald
Sir Landon Ronald (born June 7, 1873 in London , † August 14, 1938 there ; full name Landon Ronald Russell ) was an English conductor, music teacher and composer.
The illegitimate son of the singer and composer Henry Russell studied from 1884 to 1890 at the Royal College of Music with Charles Villiers Stanford and Hubert Parry, among others . At the age of seventeen he made his debut as a conductor at the Lyric Theater in London. He became a répétiteur at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden and conductor of the touring company of Augustus Harris . In 1894 he accompanied the singer Nellie Melba on a tour of the USA.
In 1896 he conducted Gounod's Faust in Covent Garden. Between 1898 and 1902 he conducted operettas in London's West End and gave concerts in Blackpool during the summer. In 1900 Fred Gaisberg hired him as a musical advisor to his The Gramophone Company , which from 1909 called itself His Master's Voice . The collaboration resulted in numerous recordings with the singers Adelina Patti and Nellie Melba.
From 1904 Ronald directed the London Symphony Orchestra , with which he played the first performance of Edward Elgar's First Symphony in Rome in 1909 ; he later dedicated his Falstaff to him . From 1909 to 1928 he directed the New Symphony Orchestra founded by Thomas Beecham (since 1915 Royal Albert Hall Orchestra ), the first symphony orchestra in England to have a recording contract (with the Grammophon Company).
He also directed the Royal Scottish National Orchestra between 1916 and 1920 and was guest conductor of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra . From 1910 until his death, he directed the Guildhall School of Music . In 1922 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor . Ronald composed more than 200 songs, including the Serenade espagnole , which was recorded on record by Enrico Caruso .
His older brother Henry Ronald Russell (1871-1937) was an opera impresario, the half-brother William Clark Russell from his father's first marriage was known as a novelist.
literature
- Raymond Holden: Ronald, Sir Landon. In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press ( online edition ).
- Michael Kennedy: Ronald [Russell], Sir Landon. In: Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . Oxford University Press ( online edition ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ronald, Landon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Russell, Landon Ronald (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English conductor, music teacher and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1938 |
| Place of death | London |