IDAGIO | E. Coates: London Philharmonic - B. Wordsworth 5020926021328

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Barry Wordsworth
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eric Coates

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Coates's son, Austin, recalled that his father composed in musical silence, and the family had to take precautions to ensure no musical sounds interrupted him.

Compositional Technique

After a lunch with Jack Hylton and Maurice Ravel in 1925, Coates began incorporating syncopation and foxtrot rhythms into his orchestral works.

Composer Biography

Coates initially rose to prominence as a viola player, studying at the Royal Academy of Music with Lionel Tertis, and for some years led the violas of Sir Henry Wood's Queen's Hall orchestra.

Cultural Impact

Coates's music gained popularity through radio, with his works often used to introduce programmes, and later through television as signature tunes for marches like 'The Dambusters'.

Composer Biography

Eric Coates, the composer, was admired as 'the man who wrote tunes' by notable figures like Sir Edward Elgar and Dame Ethel Smyth.

Historical Context

Coates's creative period coincided with the growth of the recording industry and the inception of the Performing Right Society, of which he was a founder-member.