Eric Coates
Born: 27th August 1886, Hucknall, England
Died: 21st December 1957, Chichester, England
Nationality: English
Eric Francis Harrison Coates was an English composer of light music and, early in his career, a leading violist.
Coates was born into a musical family but, despite his wishes and obvious talent, his parents only reluctantly allowed him to pursue a musical career. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Frederick Corder (composition) and Lionel Tertis (viola), and played in string quartets and theatre pit bands, before joining symphony orchestras conducted by Thomas Beecham and Henry Wood. Coates's experience as a player added to the rigorous training he had received at the academy and contributed to his skill as a composer.
While still working as a violist, Coates composed songs and other light musical works.
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Recording of the Week,
Eric Coates from John Wilson and the BBC Philharmonic
Replete with memorable melodies and piquant orchestral detail, this delightful series of Coates's orchestral works continues today with a fourth instalment including a zany symphonic fantasy on Goldilocks and the Three Bears and the dance-inspired Four Centuries Suite.
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Popular Works: Coates, E
- Ballet: The Enchanted Garden (1946) (5)
- Bird Songs at Eventide (16)
- By the Sleepy Lagoon (35)
- Calling All Workers (19)
- Cinderella (6)
- Cinderella Phantasy (4)
- Covent Garden (from London Suite of 1932) (5)
- Dam Busters March (61)
- Eighth Army March (4)
- First Meeting (5)
- Footlights – Concert Waltz (6)
- Four Centuries (4)
- Four Ways Suite (6)
- From Meadow to Mayfair Suite (6)
- High Flight (6)
- I heard you singing (9)
- Knightsbridge March from London Suite (30)
- Lazy Night - Waltz Romantique (5)
- London Again Suite (10)
- London Bridge (12)
- London Calling (9)
- London Suite (16)
- Music Everywhere 'Rediffusion March' (5)
- Over to You - March (4)
- Oxford Street (from London Again suite) (5)
- Saxo-Rhapsody (6)
- Springtime Suite (9)
- Summer Days Suite (5)
- Symphonic Rhapsody on "I Heard You Singing" and "Bird Songs at Eventide" (4)
- Symphonic Rhapsody on "I Pitch My Lonely Caravan" (5)
- Television March (6)
- The Green Hills o' Somerset (4)
- The Jester at the Wedding (4)
- The Merrymakers - A Miniature Overture (13)
- The Selfish Giant (8)
- The Three Bears Phantasy (7)
- The Three Elizabeths Suite (16)
- The Three Elizabeths: Youth of Britain (Princess Elizabeth) (4)
- Three Men Suite (6)
- Wood Nymphs (8)
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