Walford Davies
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Major Sir Henry Walford Davies was a renowned English composer, organist, and educator who was Master of the King's Music from 1934 until 1941. He was also a music adviser to the British Broadcasting
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Walford Davies in the ceremonial uniform of a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order with Lady Davies, Windsor Castle, c. 1940
Walford Davies (left) in about 1932 with fellow musicians Sir Hugh Allen (centre) and Cyril Rootham (right)
George Dyson (composer)
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Sir George Dyson was an English musician and composer. After studying at the Royal College of Music in London, and army service in the First World War, he was a schoolmaster and college lecturer. In 1
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…School of Music) and two RAF bands, and composed the "Royal Air Force March Past", to which a slow "trio" section was later added by his successor Major George Dyson. Since 1930 his Solemn Melody has been frequently performed as mourning music on Remembrance Sunday at The Cenotaph, Whitehall. In 1919 Davies accepted…
Dyson as Director of the Royal College of Music, 1952, by Anthony Devas
Royal College of Music, London