Boult, Sir, Adrian Cedric, 1889-1983

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Boult, Sir, Adrian Cedric, 1889-1983

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1889-1983

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Boult, Sir Adrian Cedric, only son of Cedric Randal Bault, of Blundellsands, near Liverpool, by Katherine Florence, daughter of Harry Dawson Barman, of Blackheath, Kent; b. April 8, 1889; adm. April 26, 1901 (G); left July 1908; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1908; B.A. and Mus. Bae. 1912; M.A. 1915; studied in Leipzig; on the musical staff, Royal Opera, 1914; served during Great War I in the War Office, and on Commission Internationale de Ravitaillement; conducted for the Royal Philharmonic and the Liverpool Philharmonic Societies, the London Symphony, Queen's Hall, and Albert Hall orchestras; joined the teaching staff of the Royal College of Music 1919; conductor of Patron's Fund 1919-24; Musical Director of the Birmingham City Orchestra 1924-30 and 1959-60; Director of Music of the B. B.C. 1930-42; Conductor of the B. B.C. Orchestra 1930-51, and of the London Philharmonic Orchestra 1951-7; Mus.D. Oxon. 1921; Hon. LL.D. Birmingham 1930; F.R.C.M.; Hon. Mus.D. Edinburgh 1933; knighted 1937; Hon. Student of Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1939; Hon. LL.D. Liverpool 1947; Hon. Mus. Doc. Cambridge 1953; a Busby Trustee 1946; author of A Handbook on the Technique of Conducting; m. July 1, 1933, Ann, daughter of Capt. F.A. Bowles, R.N., of Sittingbourne, Kent; d. 22 Feb. 1983.

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GB-2014-WSA-00023

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GB 2014

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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963

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