Eric Coates
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compositore e violista inglese (1886–1957)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Eric Coates 100th anniversary 1886-1986
- Holy Quest
- Smoking
- Golden Ticket
- Hearing Voices
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1886-08-27
- Active to
- 1957-12-21
Discography
- The Twentieth Century Suite - XVIIth Century1958
- The Best of Eric Coates1968
- Greensleeves1970
- The Music of Eric Coates1988
- London Calling1990
- The Three Elizabeths Suite1991
- The Dam Busters / The Merrymakers / London Suite / Cinderella / The Selfish Giant1993
- Walton: Orb & Sceptre / Coronation March / Arnold: Four Cornish Dances / Farnon: Westminster Waltz / Coates: Dam Busters March / Farnon: Colditz March1995
- Frederick Fennell Conducts the Music of Leroy Anderson and Eric Coates1996
- Under The Stars (17 Orchestral Miniatures)1997
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Eric Coates (1886-1957) was an English composer, primarily of light music, including much film music. Born on the 27th August 1886 in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, Coates belonged to a musical family. He studied at the Royal Academy before playingthe viola under Henry Wood's baton in the Queen's Hall Orchestra. Chronic pain forced him to give up playing the viola, and he concentrated on his considerable powers as a composer. Much of his music is still well-known <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eric
- Family name
- Coates
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Hucknall
- Place of death
- Chichester
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- viola
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- date of birth
- 1886-08-27
- date of death
- 1957-12-21
- place of burial
- Golders Green Crematorium
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- Eric Coates
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Article · Italiano
Eric Coates (Hucknall, 27 agosto 1886 – Chichester, 21 dicembre 1957) è stato un compositore e violista inglese, fra i precursori della musica leggera.
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