Thomas Dunhill

Thomas Frederick Dunhill ( born 1 February 1877 in Hampstead, † March 13, 1946 in Scunthorpe ) was an English composer.

Dunhill studied at the Royal College of Music from 1893 to 1897 composition and piano. From 1899 to 1908 he taught at Eton College and at the same time at the Royal College of Music Harmony and Kontrapunkt.Zwischen 1907 and 1919, he held numerous concerts in London, where works by young British composers were performed. Since 1942 he was a professor at the Royal College of Music.

Dunhill composed operas and ballets, a symphony, suites and other orchestral works, chamber music, piano pieces and songs.

Works

  • The King's Threshold, Prelude for Orchestra, 1913
  • Dance Suite for Strings, 1919
  • Belgrade, Symphony in A Major, 1922
  • Elegiac Variations, 1922
  • The Town of the Ford, 1925
  • The Enchanted Garden, opera, 1925
  • Tantivy Towers, opera, 1931
  • Happy Families, opera, 1933
  • Dick Whittington, Ballet, 1935
  • Dick Whittington Suite 1935
  • Gallimaufry ( The Ice Princess ), Ballet, 1937
  • Divertimento, 1942
  • Three Impressions for Viola and Orchestra, 1942
  • Waltz Suite, 1943
  • May Time, Overture, 1945
  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • Composer
  • Briton
  • Born in 1877
  • Died in 1946
  • Man
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