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Granville Bantock
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir Granville Bantock, Sir Granville Ransome Bantock
British composer and conductor (1868-1946)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1868
- Died
- 1946
- Works
- 33
Top works
- My dear rogue
- Handel
- One hundred folksongs of all nations
- An Eastern love song
- The Great God Pan
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- Listeners
- 12,671
- Total plays
- 47,707
Tags
Classicalcontemporary classical20th Century Classicalbritishlate romantic
Sir Granville Bantock (August 7, 1868 - October 16, 1946), was a British composer of classical music. Bantock was born in London. A close friend of fellow composer Havergal Brian, he was professor of music at the University of Birmingham from 1908 to 1934 (in which post he succeeded Sir Edward Elgar). In 1934, he was elected Chairman of the Corporation of Trinity College of Music in London. He was knighted in 1930. His music was influenced by folk song of the Hebrides (as in the 1915 Hebridean
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- conductor
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Music
- Employer
- University of Birmingham
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Genre
- symphony
- Image
- Granville Bantock.jpg
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- Commons category
- Granville Bantock
- date of birth
- 1868-08-07
- date of death
- 1946-10-16
- student
- Dorothy Howell
- P12749
- Reriz
- place of burial
- Golders Green Crematorium
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