COMPOSER

Ivor Novello

1893 - 1951

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Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. He was born into a musical family, and his first successes were as a songwriter. His first big hit was "Keep the Home Fires Burning" (1914), which was enormously popular during the First World War. His 1917 show, Theodore & Co, was a wartime hit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivor Novello is the 1,244th most popular composer (down from 1,208th in 2019), the 4,247th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,835th in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ivor Novello ranks 1,244 out of 1,451Before him are Cecilia Seghizzi, Thomas Campion, Milton Babbitt, Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Cachao, and Hilding Rosenberg. After him are Emil Hartmann, William Schuman, Leigh Harline, Sergei Slonimsky, Xian Xinghai, and Mark Snow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Ivor Novello ranks 228Before him are Steingrímur Steinþórsson, Fernando Altimani, Ina Claire, Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Harry Ryan, and Wallace Fard Muhammad. After him are Platon Oyunsky, Robert Harron, Sidney Franklin, Willi Apel, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, and Nurul Amin. Among people deceased in 1951, Ivor Novello ranks 157Before him are Polydore Veirman, Ignaty Krachkovsky, Alfrēds Kalniņš, Hasrat Mohani, Walter, and Harold Kitson. After him are Fanny Brice, Vsevolod Vishnevsky, Axel Sjöblom, Jules Berry, Timrava, and Alfredo Baquerizo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ivor Novello ranks 4,248 out of 8,785Before him are George Grove (1820), Nicholas Ridley (1500), William Garbutt (1883), Roger Hargreaves (1935), Tommy Douglas (1904), and Pete Doherty (1979). After him are Ian Charleson (1949), Richard Meade (1938), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Bonnie Wright (1991), and Richard J. Evans (1947).

Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Ivor Novello ranks 69Before him are Fred Frith (1949), Thomas Linley the younger (1756), Adolph Deutsch (1897), Craig Armstrong (1959), Granville Bantock (1868), and Thomas Campion (1567). After him are George Alexander Macfarren (1813), Rachel Portman (1960), Gerald Finzi (1901), Peter Warlock (1894), Maurice Greene (1696), and Nicholas Hooper (1952).