Robert Irving (Conductor)
Born: 28th August 1913, Winchester, England
Died: 13th September 1991
Nationality: British
Robert Augustine Irving, DFC*, was a British conductor whose reputation was mainly as a ballet conductor.
Born in Winchester, England, the son of mountaineer and author R. L. G. Irving, he was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, graduating with a degree in music. He studied with Malcolm Sargent and Constant Lambert at the Royal College of Music from 1934 to 1936.
During World War II, he served with the Royal Air Force, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and bar.
He then became assistant conductor with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and was conductor and musical director of Sadler's Wells Ballet from 1949 to 1958, working closely with Sir Frederick Ashton on several ballets.
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