Eric Coates
Eric Coates (27 August 1886 – 21 December 1957) was an English composer of light music and a viola player.
Life
Eric was born Eric Francis Harrison Coates in Hucknall in Nottinghamshire to William Harrison Coates (d. 1935), a surgeon, and his wife, Mary Jane Gwynne, hailing from Usk in Monmouthshire. After studying at home with a governess, Eric enrolled (1906) at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he received viola lessons from Lionel Tertis and studied composition with Frederick Corder. From 1910 he played in the Queen's Hall Orchestra under Henry J. Wood, becoming principal violist in 1912, "... which post I held for seven years," he said, speaking in a 1948 BBC radio interview, "until, I regret to say, I was dismissed through sending deputies to take my place when I was conducting my works elsewhere. Henry Wood little knew what a great help he had been to me by dispensing with my services, for from that day I never touched my viola again and was able to devote all my time to my writing."
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- BBC Music, Volume 20, Number 11: Malcolm Arnold: Symphony No. 1 plus works by Coates, Enescu and J. Strauss II (BBC Concert Orchestra, conductors: Keith Lockhart, Johannes Wildner, Barry Wordsworth) released: 2012
- The Symphonic Eric Coates released: 2002
- Sleepy Lagoon / Springtime Suite / Saxo Rhapsody / Footlights Waltz / Four Ways Suite / 8th Army March released: 1998
- The Dam Busters / The Merrymakers / London Suite / Cinderella / The Selfish Giant released: 1993
- The Three Elizabeths Suite (East of England Orchestra feat. conductor: Malcolm Nabarro) released: 1991
- Greensleeves released: 1970
- The Music of Eric Coates released:
BBC Music, Volume 20, Number 11: Malcolm Arnold: Symphony No. 1 plus works by Coates, Enescu and J. Strauss II (BBC Concert Orchestra, conductors: Keith Lockhart, Johannes Wildner, Barry Wordsworth)
Released 2012- The Three Elizabeths Suite: I. Halcyon Days
- The Three Elizabeths Suite: II. Springtime in Angus
- The Three Elizabeths Suite: III. Youth of Britain
- Symphony No. 1, Op. 22: I. Allegro
- Symphony No. 1, Op. 22: II. Andantino
- Symphony No. 1, Op. 22: III. Vivace con fuoco
- Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
- Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
The Symphonic Eric Coates
Released 2002- Cinderella
- The Selfish Giant
- The Three Bears
- Miniature Suite: I. Children's Dance
- Miniature Suite: II. Intermezzo
- Miniature Suite: III. Scène du bal
- London (London Everyday): I. Covent Garden. Tarantelle
- London (London Everyday): II. Westminster: Meditation
- London (London Everyday): III. Knightsbridge: March
- Joyous Youth: I. Introduction
- Joyous Youth: II. Serenade
- Joyous Youth: III. Valse "Joyous Youth"
- The Dam Busters
Sleepy Lagoon / Springtime Suite / Saxo Rhapsody / Footlights Waltz / Four Ways Suite / 8th Army March
Released 1998The Dam Busters / The Merrymakers / London Suite / Cinderella / The Selfish Giant
Released 1993- The Merrymakers (A Miniature Overture)
- London Suite (London Every Day): I. Covent Garden
- London Suite (London Every Day): II. Westminster
- London Suite (London Every Day): III. Knightsbridge
- Cinderella
- The Selfish Giant
- London Again Suite: I. Oxford Street
- London Again Suite: II. Langham Place
- London Again Suite: III. Mayfair
- Calling All Workers
- March "The Dam Busters"
The Three Elizabeths Suite (East of England Orchestra feat. conductor: Malcolm Nabarro)
Released 1991The Music of Eric Coates
- London Suite: I. Covent Garden. Tarantelle
- London Suite: II. Westminster. Meditation
- London Suite: III. Knightsbridge. March
- Saxo-rhapsody
- Calling All Workers (March)
- The Merrymakers (Miniature Overture)
- Wood Nymphs (Valsette)
- At the Dance (from Summer Days Suite)
- The Three Elizabeths Suite: I. Halcyon Days (Elizabeth Tudor)
- The Three Elizabeths Suite: II. Spring Time in Angus (Elizabeth of Glamis)
- The Three Elizabeths Suite: III. March - Youth of Britain (The Princess Elizabeth)
Born: 1886-08-27
Died: 1957-12-21
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