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Albert Ketèlbey

1875 - 1959

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Albert William Ketèlbey (; born Ketelbey; 9 August 1875 – 26 November 1959) was an English composer, conductor and pianist, best known for his short pieces of light orchestral music. He was born in Birmingham and moved to London in 1889 to study at Trinity College of Music. After a brilliant studentship he did not pursue the classical career predicted for him, becoming musical director of the Vaudeville Theatre before gaining fame as a composer of light music and as a conductor of his own works. For many years Ketèlbey worked for a series of music publishers, including Chappell & Co and the Columbia Graphophone Company, making arrangements for smaller orchestras, a period in which he learned to write fluent and popular music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Ketèlbey is the 535th most popular composer (up from 580th in 2019), the 1,711th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,624th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Composer.

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Among composers, Albert Ketèlbey ranks 535 out of 1,451. Before him are Frederick Delius, Pancho Vladigerov, Remo Giazotto, Franz Xaver Richter, Erwin Schulhoff, and Terry Riley. After him are Michael Kamen, Vasily Kalinnikov, Gara Garayev, Henri Duparc, R. D. Burman, and Johann Adam Hiller.

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Among people born in 1875, Albert Ketèlbey ranks 62. Before him are Maurice de Broglie, Rafael Sabatini, Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, Gustav Flatow, Eugene Meyer, and Pierre Monteux. After him are Birsa Munda, Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, Elisabeth von Gutmann, Konstantin Hierl, Prince Franz of Bavaria, and Harriet Quimby. Among people deceased in 1959, Albert Ketèlbey ranks 59. Before him are George Albert Smith, George Antheil, Irakli Tsereteli, Eugene Meyer, Imre Schlosser, and Una O'Connor. After him are Bak Jungyang, Enrique Guaita, George Reeves, Aleksandar Tsankov, Jean Behra, and Karl Mauss.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Albert Ketèlbey ranks 1,711 out of 8,785. Before him are Rupert Everett (1959), Frederic Bartlett (1886), Robert Hardy (1925), Charles Joughin (1878), A. S. Byatt (1936), and Henry Bird (1830). After him are Michael Dummett (1925), Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Richard of Saint Victor (1110), Eddie the Eagle (1963), and Mary Norton (1903).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Albert Ketèlbey ranks 23. Before him are John Blow (1649), Thomas Arne (1710), Neville Marriner (1924), Orlando Gibbons (1583), David Rose (1910), and Frederick Delius (1862). After him are William Boyce (1711), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), John Bull (1562), John Taverner (1490), Malcolm Arnold (1921), and Arthur Sullivan (1842).

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