Ian Whyte (13 August 1901 – 27 March 1960)Register of Deaths, GROS ref 500/01 0044, Ian Dunn Whyte at

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, and founder of the

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. Born in

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, Whyte studied in London, and was a pupil of Stanford and

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. He became head of BBC music in Scotland in 1931, holding the position until 1945, when he became conductor of the BBC Scottish Orchestra (later to become the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra), a position he held until 1960. His own considerable output, such as the ballet '' Donald of the Burthens'' (1951), was influenced by Scottish themes and folk tunes.

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