"centre. Lowestoft has a number of primary and high schools, including four 11–16 high schools: The Benjamin Britten High School, Ormiston Denes Academy, East Point Academy and Pakefield School. Following a reorganisation of schools in Lowestoft, all eight middle schools in the town closed in 2011 and Pakefield High School opened. Post–16 education is provided at Lowestoft Sixth Form College, which opened in September 2011 as part of the school reorganisation, and Lowestoft College which provides a range of academic and vocational courses. Lowestoft College provides a small range of higher education courses through an affiliation to University Campus Suffolk."
"Nimbus Wyastone. Dorothy Howell Dorothy Gertrude Howell (25 February 1898 – 12 January 1982) was an English composer and pianist. Howell was born in Birmingham, grew up in Handsworth, and received a convent education. At age 15, she began studies at the Royal Academy of Music, where her teachers included John Blackwood McEwen and Tobias Matthay. Howell achieved fame with her symphonic poem ""Lamia"", which Sir Henry Wood premiered at The Proms on 10 September 1919. Wood directed ""Lamia"" again that same week, on 13 September 1919. He subsequently conducted ""Lamia"" again in the 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1930 and"
"of the Castleton Garland Dance, and his film music for “Engineers in Steel”, commissioned for the British Steel Corporation. George Linstead George Frederick Linstead (24 January 1908 – 28 December 1974) was a musician, critic and composer, who featured prominently in the musical life of Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Linstead spent his childhood in the village of Doveridge, South Derbyshire, where his musical talents first developed. The sudden death of his father in 1915 forced the family to move to Sheffield, where he spent the rest of his life, never forgetting his country roots. After leaving Sheffield Central School in"
"The Benjamin Britten Music Academy The Benjamin Britten Music Academy is a coeducational day school located in the northern outskirts of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. It caters for scholars aged 11 to 18. It is also home to the Suffolk Centre of Excellence in Mathematics. The school was named after the Lowestoft-born composer Benjamin Britten and was designed as he approached his death in 1974. Its modernist design reflected the style of his compositions and remains distinctive in its layout and intended black and white colour scheme. The school was completed in 1979. In September 2011 the school became an 11"
"Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London (18 November 1680 – 19 July 1730), was a Flemish baroque composer as well as a performer on the recorder, flute, oboe, and harpsichord. He is called the London Loeillet to distinguish him from another famous composer, his first cousin Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent, and he was the elder brother of Jacques Loeillet, also a composer. Loeillet was born at Ghent, then in the Spanish Netherlands. In 1705, after his studies in Ghent and Paris, he moved to London and became known as John. In London, his last name was sometimes"
"George Linstead George Frederick Linstead (24 January 1908 – 28 December 1974) was a musician, critic and composer, who featured prominently in the musical life of Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Linstead spent his childhood in the village of Doveridge, South Derbyshire, where his musical talents first developed. The sudden death of his father in 1915 forced the family to move to Sheffield, where he spent the rest of his life, never forgetting his country roots. After leaving Sheffield Central School in 1923, he devoted himself to a musical career. While financial circumstances prevented his university matriculation, he nevertheless obtained degrees"
"(London, 1855), and he published in 1847, with the Rev. S. Shepherd, a collection of words of anthems used in Rochester Cathedral. Attribution John Larkin Hopkins John Larkin Hopkins (25 November 1819 – 25 April 1873) was an English organist and composer, mostly of church music. He was born in Westminster on 25 November 1819, son of Edward Hopkins, a musician. The organist Edward John Hopkins was a cousin. He sang for several years as chorister boy in Westminster Abbey, James Turle being the organist and master of the choristers. After leaving the abbey choir Hopkins devoted himself to the"
"Alan Rawsthorne Alan Rawsthorne (2 May 1905 – 24 July 1971) was a British composer. He was born in Haslingden, Lancashire, and is buried in Thaxted churchyard in Essex. Alan Rawsthorne was born in Deardengate House, Haslingden, Lancashire , to Hubert Rawsthorne (1868–1943), a well-off medical doctor, and his wife, Janet Bridge (1877/8–1927) . Despite what appears to have been a happy and affectionate family life with his parents and elder sister, Barbara (the only sibling), in beautiful Lancashire countryside, as a boy Rawsthorne suffered from fragile health (; ). Although he did at various times attend schools in Southport,"
"in mathematics became part of the Hartismere Family. The Benjamin Britten Music Academy The Benjamin Britten Music Academy is a coeducational day school located in the northern outskirts of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. It caters for scholars aged 11 to 18. It is also home to the Suffolk Centre of Excellence in Mathematics. The school was named after the Lowestoft-born composer Benjamin Britten and was designed as he approached his death in 1974. Its modernist design reflected the style of his compositions and remains distinctive in its layout and intended black and white colour scheme. The school was completed in 1979."
"in his paintings. Burrell is also a leading member of the North Sea Magical Realists. Author Mark Dawson was born in the town. The comedian and actor Karl Theobald was born in Lowestoft as was BBC Radio 4 newsreader and television presenter Zeb Soanes and Tim Westwood, DJ and BBC radio presenter. Three of the founder members of the rock band The Darkness were educated in Kirkley and some of their songs feature landmarks or stories from the area. Lil' Chris featured in Channel 4's ""Rock School"" programme filmed at Kirkley High School and went on to have a musical"
"and Lisbon. Pupils paid one dollar each for twelve lessons. With rare exceptions, only sacred music was taught, most frequently compositions such as those by Lowell Mason and Henry K. Oliver. Heath composed the widely anthologized poem, ""The Grave of Bonaparte"" with Henry Washburne. Heath was an early advocate of the Hutchinson Family singing group. He also composed the melody for ""The Burial of Mrs Judson."" Lyman Heath Lyman Heath (misnamed in some accounts as Leonard Heath) (24 August 1804 – 30 July 1870) was an American vocalist and composer. Heath was born in New Hampshire - the exact location"
"and Suffolk Yacht Club has its club house in Lowestoft harbour. The Elizabethan pamphleteer Thomas Nashe, one of the fathers of modern journalism and a primary source for the literary milieux of William Shakespeare, was born in Lowestoft in 1567. Robert Potter, poet and translator of Greek drama, was vicar of Lowestoft until 1804. The 19th-century writer and traveller George Borrow lived at Oulton Broad for many years and wrote most of his books there. Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Alderson also lived at Oulton Broad, on a houseboat, and died in 1927 at the since-demolished Royal Hotel in Lowestoft, where"
"Musical Times"" wrote of him as ""a song writer of genuine lyrical impulse [who] set words by Byron, Keats and Shelley; he was also a symphonist, in a conservative vein."" Robert Still Robert Still (10 June 1910 – 13 January 1971) was a wide-ranging English composer of tonal music, who made strong use of dissonance. 3 April 2014.</ref> As a songwriter he set words by Byron, Keats and Shelley. Still was born in London on 10 June 1910 into a family with a strong interest in music. He was educated at Eton College (1923–29) and Trinity College, Oxford, where he"
"he had been staying for the last month. Admiral Sir John Ashby, who commanded HMS ""Victory"" at the Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue in 1692, grew up in Suffolk and is buried in Lowestoft. A memorial to him is sited in St Margaret's church in the town. Vice Admiral James Dacres fought in wars against America in the 19th century and was born in the town. Captain Thomas Crisp V.C., Royal Navy officer, was born in the town — one of the town's main roads is named after him. Robert William Hook, coxswain at RNLI Lowestoft from 1853 to"
"Robert Still Robert Still (10 June 1910 – 13 January 1971) was a wide-ranging English composer of tonal music, who made strong use of dissonance. 3 April 2014.</ref> As a songwriter he set words by Byron, Keats and Shelley. Still was born in London on 10 June 1910 into a family with a strong interest in music. He was educated at Eton College (1923–29) and Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated in history and French, and then in music. He had a younger brother who died aged 16 and a sister who emigrated to Australia. At school and at university"
"body was lost or destroyed and his burial site is unknown. In Jim Jarmusch's 2013 film ""Only Lovers Left Alive"" the character Adam receives a 1959 Supro guitar which he decides to name ""William Lawes"" in honour of this composer, who he describes as ""... just some old 17th century English guy who wrote some great funeral music..."", possibly confusing him with Henry Purcell. Lawes is discussed in Quentin Canterel's novel ""The Jolly Coroner"" in a comparative context with the composer Carlo Gesualdo. William Lawes William Lawes (April 160224 September 1645) was an English composer and musician. Lawes was born"
"Alonzo Levister Alonzo Hamilton Levister (November 1, 1925 in Greenwich, Connecticut – December 6, 2016 in Alcobaça) was an American Third Stream composer, arranger, music producer and jazz pianist. Alonzo Levister grew up in Harlem, New York City, and commenced his music studies at the late age of 21 at the Boston Conservatory (1946). In 1949, he went to Paris where he was accepted by Nadia Boulanger as a private student. Following his studies in Paris, he was a student at the Juilliard School (1951). During the early 1950s he wrote music for several dance companies and choreographers such as"
"on an extensive scale. Subsequently, Elliston was lessee of the royal assembly rooms. Beyond some admired church services he composed little. In September 1683 he was appointed librarian of the free public library at Leamington. He died at Leamington on 19 April 1864, aged 63, and was buried in the cemetery. Henry Twiselton Elliston Henry Twiselton Elliston (c. 1801 – 1864), was an English musical composer and inventor. Elliston was born in or about 1801, the second son of Robert William Elliston and the nephew of Mary Ann Rundall. He resided during most of his life at Leamington, where his"
"Pakefield, where his mother kept the grocer's shop. He went to Pakefield Primary School, and played on Hilly Green – stories of which are recorded in his book ""War Boy"". The author and illustrator James Mayhew lived in the town and studied at Lowestoft School of Art. Photographer George Davison was also born in Lowestoft. Author of the Inspector Allen mysteries, Jayne-Marie Barker, grew up at Oulton Broad and has used Lowestoft as an inspiration for her books. The artist Mark Burrell (born Lowestoft, 1957) has a studio in the town and frequently features Lowestoft's architectural landmarks and local people"
"Harry Bluestone Harry Bluestone (September 30, 1907 – December 22, 1992) was a British violinist who composed music for TV and Movie. He was prolific and worked mainly on composing with Emil Cadkin. Earlier on, he was a violinist and freelanced on radio in the 1930s with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and the Dorsey Brothers. Some of his compositions were also featured on APM Music. He retired in 1987 and died of tuberculosis in Studio City, California on December 23, 1992. Harry was born Harold B. Blostein in England on September 30, 1907 and apparently went to New York as"
"Gloaming"" (1877), with lyrics by Meta Orred. Annie Fortescue Harrison Annie Jessie Fortescue Harrison (30 December 1848 – 12 February 1944), also known as Annie, Lady Hill and Lady Arthur Hill, was an English composer of songs and piano pieces. She was born in Calcutta, British India, the daughter of James Fortescue Harrison, MP of Kilmarnock. In 1865, they moved to Crawley Down, Sussex, where her father built a mansion called Down Park. In 1877, she married Lord Arthur Hill, who had been a widower. They had one daughter. Two of her piano instrumentals are: Two of her operettas are:"
"to become a famous composer and producer. Edgar Longstaffe Edgar Longstaffe (1852 – December 7, 1933) was a well-known landscape painter of the Victorian era. Longstaffe was born near Derby in Derbyshire, England. The son of a doctor, he married and moved to Newport, Essex. During the 1880s he exhibited five times at the Royal Academy and at the Royal Hibernian Academy and at Birmingham. A prolific painter, many of his original works, most commonly signed with a monogram but sometimes initialed 'E.L.' or signed 'E Longstaffe', must be in existence today. He was for some years on the staff"
"Harold Truscott Harold Truscott (23 August 1914 – 7 October 1992) was a British composer, pianist, broadcaster and writer on music. Largely neglected as a composer in his lifetime, he made an important contribution to the British piano repertoire and was influential in spreading knowledge of a wide range of mainly unfashionable music. Born into a working-class family in Seven Kings, east London, Truscott was largely self-taught. By the age of 15 his strong native urge to compose was interpreted by his father as a sign of mental illness and, finding a psychiatrist to endorse this view, he had his"
"Lowestoft Cemetery Lowestoft Cemetery (also known as Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery) is a burial ground in the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk. It is best known for its large number of Royal Navy burials from World War I and World War II; these are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Thomas Crisp, who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross in 1917 is buried here as is Robert William Hook, coxswain at RNLI Lowestoft from 1853 to 1883 and who has been credited with saving more than 600 lives. The cemetery is managed by Waveney District Council. Located on Normanston Drive,"
"Dorothy Howell Dorothy Gertrude Howell (25 February 1898 – 12 January 1982) was an English composer and pianist. Howell was born in Birmingham, grew up in Handsworth, and received a convent education. At age 15, she began studies at the Royal Academy of Music, where her teachers included John Blackwood McEwen and Tobias Matthay. Howell achieved fame with her symphonic poem ""Lamia"", which Sir Henry Wood premiered at The Proms on 10 September 1919. Wood directed ""Lamia"" again that same week, on 13 September 1919. He subsequently conducted ""Lamia"" again in the 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1930 and 1940 Proms"
"area made an important contribution to the foundation and staffing of the Hallé Orchestra from 1857, the oldest extant professional orchestra in the United Kingdom. The same local musical tradition produced eminent figures such as Sir William Walton (1902–88), son of an Oldham choirmaster and music teacher, Sir Thomas Beecham (1879–1961), born in St. Helens, who began his career by conducting local orchestras and Alan Rawsthorne (1905–71) born in Haslingden. The conductor David Atherton, co-founder of the London Sinfonietta, was born in Blackpool in 1944. Lancashire also produced more populist figures, such as early musical theatre composer Leslie Stuart (1863–1928),"
"in Church Lane, Bristol, on 14 May 1808. His eldest son, a lieutenant on HMS ""Achates"", died of yellow fever in the West Indies in 1811, aged 19. His most important compositions are an occasional ode on the king's recovery, a concerto for pianoforte (or harpsichord) and strings, eight voluntaries for the organ, a volume of instructions for the pianoforte or harpsichord, a collection of psalms (partly by John Broderip), collections of duets, glees, &c., and many songs. Robert Broderip Robert Broderip (died 1808) was an English organist and composer. Broderip lived at Bristol during the latter part of the"
"and festivals dedicated to his music. In October of each year there is an annual Malcolm Arnold Festival in his birthplace Northampton. On 3 September 2010 the Malcolm Arnold Academy, a secondary school in Northampton, was opened; while in September 2014 the new Malcolm Arnold Preparatory Free School was opened. Malcolm Arnold Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold, CBE (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His output of works features music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music for brass band and wind band. He"
"at the Proms by the BBC Philharmonic; a new concerto for violin, viola and strings co-commissioned by the Presteigne and Cheltenham Festivals; two piano pieces for William Howard performed at the Spitalfields Festival; and the release of two recordings – a disc of piano music for Toccata Classics featuring pianist Laura Mikkola, and a Dutton disc of Matthews’ Symphony No. 7 (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/John Carewe) and ""Vespers"" for Choir and Orchestra (BSO/The Bach Choir/David Hill) David Matthews (composer) David Matthews (born 9 March 1943) is an English composer of mainly orchestral, chamber, vocal and piano works. Matthews was born in"
"homeland to 'die in their glory and never be old'. The ""Rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad"" – a sort of postlude to the songs – employs a normal sized symphony orchestra, and was first performed on 2 October 1913 at the Leeds Festival, conducted by Arthur Nikisch. It was influential upon Vaughan Williams (A Pastoral Symphony), Gerald Finzi (A Severn Rhapsody) and Ernest Moeran (First Rhapsody). Butterworth's other orchestral works are short and based on folksongs he had collected in Sussex in 1907, ""Two English Idylls"" (1911) and ""The Banks of Green Willow"" (1913). They are often performed and recorded, ""Banks"""
"George Butterworth George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC (12 July 18855 August 1916) was an English composer who was best known for the orchestral idyll ""The Banks of Green Willow"" and his song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from ""A Shropshire Lad"". Butterworth was born in Paddington, London. Soon after his birth, his family moved to York so that his father Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth could take up an appointment as general manager of the North Eastern Railway, which was based there. Their home was at Riseholme, a house on Driffield Terrace, which later became part of the Mount School."
"Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye Helen Selina Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (""née"" Sheridan, 18 January 1807 – 13 June 1867), later Countess of Gifford, was a British songwriter, composer, poet, and author. Admired for her wit and literary talents, she was a well-known figure in London society of the mid-19th century. Helen Sheridan came from a literary and theatrical family with political connections. Her father, Thomas Sheridan (1775–1817), an actor, soldier and colonial administrator, was the younger son of famous Irish playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and her mother was Caroline Henrietta Sheridan (""née"" Callander), a novelist. In 1813,"
"Cecil Sharp Three roads are named after Butterworth: George Butterworth George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC (12 July 18855 August 1916) was an English composer who was best known for the orchestral idyll ""The Banks of Green Willow"" and his song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from ""A Shropshire Lad"". Butterworth was born in Paddington, London. Soon after his birth, his family moved to York so that his father Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth could take up an appointment as general manager of the North Eastern Railway, which was based there. Their home was at Riseholme, a house on Driffield Terrace,"