Mark Lubbock
Mark Hugh Lubbock (1898 - 1986) was a British conductor and composer, especially of light music.[1]
Born in 1898, he was educated at Eton College, and then studied in Vienna.[1] He also served in World War I.[2]
Lubbock was Light Music Conductor at the BBC from 1933 to 1944.[1] His operetta The King Can Do No Wrong was the first to be commissioned and broadcast by the BBC.[2]
He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 15 June 1974.[3]
His wife was the author, Bea Howe.[4]
Bibliography
- Lubbock, Mark (1962). The complete book of light opera. Putnam.
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References
- ^ a b c "Mark Lubbock". Naxos Records. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ a b Scowcroft, Philip L. "SOME BRITISH CONDUCTOR-COMPOSERS part 6/6". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Mark Lubbock". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ Warner, S (31 July 2013). Letters Of Sylvia Townsend Warner. Random House. p. 1911. ISBN 9781448189960. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
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