Kenneth Anthony Wright (

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, 5 June 1899 –

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, 15 January 1975) was a

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and conductor.

Life

Wright studied mechanical and electrical engineering at the

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. As a technician he got a job with the

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) and from 1922 to 1959 he was a member of the music department of the BBC in London. In 1922 he became the first director of the BBC in Manchester. From 1923 to 1930 he became personal assistant to

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. From 1930 to 1937 he was the personal assistant to

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. He went on to conduct BBC orchestras, was Overseas Music Director (1940-3), Deputy Director Of Music (1944-7) and Acting Director in 1947 for a time after Victor Hely-Hutchinson's death, Artists' Manager (1948–51) and Head of TV Music from 1951 to 1959. After reaching the BBC compulsory retirement age of 60, he was the director of the

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Film Companies. As a conductor and composer he played wind music and had pieces dedicated to him, including

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. He composed works for various ensembles, such as orchestras, wind bands (military bands), brass bands and wrote works until shortly before his death.

Compositions

Works for orchestra

* ''Bohemia'', fantasy * ''Daddy Long-Legs'' * ''Dainty Lady'', intermezzo * ''Dancing with the Daffodils'' * ''Perky Pizzicato'', for strings * ''Scherzo - on a Newfoundland song'' * ''The Killigrew's Soirée'' * ''Tobacco Suite'' *# Military Shag, march *# Old Havana, tango *# Snuff, scherzo *# Virginia, lullaby *# Irish Twist

Works for wind orchestras and brass bands

* 1935 ''Pride of Race'', suite ( featured at the ''National Brass Band Championships'' in 1935 and at the ''Open Brass Band Championships'' in 1945) * 1936 ''Homage to

Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

'' * 1938 ''Irish Merry'' * 1944 ''Peddars' Way'' * 1968 ''Dancing Valley'' * 1968 ''The Killigrew's Soirée'' * 1971 ''A Rhapsody for Leicastershire''

Chamber music

* ''The Brushwood Squirrel'', for violin and piano

Works for Piano

* ''Six Fantasy Pictures from a Pantomime'', suite

References

1899 births 1975 deaths English conductors (music) British male conductors (music) 20th-century British composers English male classical composers Alumni of the University of Sheffield BBC music executives Musicians from Norfolk 20th-century British conductors (music) 20th-century British male musicians BBC Orchestras {{UK-classical-musician-stub