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Osian Ellis, the Glossary

Osian Gwynn Ellis (8 February 1928 – 5 January 2021) was a Welsh harpist, composer and teacher.^[1]

64 relations: A Birthday Hansel, A Ceremony of Carols, A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera), Académie Charles Cros, Albert Roussel, Aldeburgh Festival, And death shall have no dominion, Angela Morley, Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre, Benjamin Britten, Bob Hope, Caernarfon, Cantata, Cecil Aronowitz, Cerdd Dant, Cheltenham Festival, Claude Debussy, David Griffiths (portrait painter), Decca Records, Denbigh, Denbigh High School, Denbighshire, Dylan Thomas, Emanuel Hurwitz, EMI Records, Ffynnongroew, Flintshire, George Frideric Handel, George Malcolm (musician), Gervase de Peyer, Guy Ropartz, Gwendolen Mason, Harp, Harry Secombe, Introduction and Allegro (Ravel), Ivor McMahon, List of compositions by Benjamin Britten, Llandaff, London Palladium, London Recordings, London Symphony Orchestra, Lyrita, Maurice Ravel, Melos Ensemble, Michael Bentine, National Portrait Gallery, London, Naxos (company), Order of the British Empire, Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Pears, Peter Sellers, ... Expand index (14 more) »
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A Birthday Hansel

A Birthday Hansel, Op. 92, is a song cycle for 'high voice' and harp composed by Benjamin Britten and set to texts by Robert Burns.

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A Ceremony of Carols

A Ceremony of Carols, Op.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, is an opera with music by Benjamin Britten and set to a libretto adapted by the composer and Peter Pears from William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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The Académie Charles Cros (Charles Cros Academy) is an organization located in Chézy-sur-Marne, France, that acts as an intermediary between government cultural policy makers and professionals in music and the recording industry.

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Albert Roussel

Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel (5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer.

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Aldeburgh Festival

The Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts is an English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music.

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And death shall have no dominion

"And death shall have no dominion" is a poem written by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953).

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Angela Morley

Angela Morley (10 March 192414 January 2009) was an English composer and conductor who became familiar to BBC Radio listeners in the 1950s under the name of Wally Stott.

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Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre

Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre (commonly referred to as L'Oiseau-Lyre) is a French music publishing company and a classical music record label that specialises in Early and Baroque music.

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Benjamin Britten

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist.

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Bob Hope

Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours.

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Caernarfon

Caernarfon is a royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales.

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Cantata

A cantata (literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb cantare, "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir.

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Cecil Aronowitz

Cecil Aronowitz (4 March 19167 September 1978) was a British viola player, a founding member of the Melos Ensemble, a leading chamber musician, and an influential teacher at the Royal College of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music.

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Cerdd Dant

, or penillion) is the art of vocal improvisation over a given melody in Welsh musical tradition. It is an important competition in eisteddfodau. The singer or (small) choir sings a counter melody over a harp melody.

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Cheltenham Festival

The Cheltenham Festival is a horse racing-based meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom, with race prize money second only to the Grand National.

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Claude Debussy

(Achille) Claude Debussy (|group.

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David Griffiths (portrait painter)

David Griffiths (born 16 February 1939) is a Welsh portrait painter.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Denbigh

Denbigh (Dinbych) is a market town and a community in Denbighshire, Wales.

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Denbigh High School, Denbighshire

Denbigh High School (Ysgol Uwchradd Dinbych) is an English medium secondary school based in Denbigh, North Wales.

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Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood.

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Emanuel Hurwitz

Emanuel Hurwitz (7 May 1919 – 19 November 2006) was a British violinist. Osian Ellis and Emanuel Hurwitz are Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music.

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EMI Records

EMI Records (formerly EMI Records Ltd.) is a British multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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Ffynnongroew

Ffynnongroyw (sometimes spelled Ffynnongroew) is a village in Flintshire, north Wales.

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Flintshire

Flintshire (Sir y Fflint) is a county in the north-east of Wales.

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George Frideric Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (baptised italic,; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos.

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George Malcolm (musician)

George John Malcolm CBE KSG (28 February 191710 October 1997) was an English pianist, organist, composer, harpsichordist, and conductor.

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Gervase de Peyer

Gervase Alan de Peyer (11 April 1926 – 4 February 2017) was an English clarinettist and conductor. Osian Ellis and Gervase de Peyer are Academics of the Royal Academy of Music.

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Guy Ropartz

Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (15 June 1864 – 22 November 1955) was a French composer and conductor.

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Gwendolen Mason

Gwendolen Mason, OBE (24 May 1883 – 2 July 1977) was a Welsh harpist. Osian Ellis and Gwendolen Mason are Academics of the Royal Academy of Music and Welsh classical harpists.

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Harp

The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers.

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Harry Secombe

Sir Harry Donald Secombe (8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001) was a Welsh actor, comedian, singer and television presenter.

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Introduction and Allegro (Ravel)

Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet (Introduction et allegro pour harpe, flûte, clarinette et quatuor) is a chamber work by Maurice Ravel.

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Ivor McMahon

Ivor McMahon (1924–1972) was an English violinist.

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List of compositions by Benjamin Britten

This list of compositions includes all the published works by English composer Benjamin Britten with opus number.

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Llandaff

Llandaff (Llandaf; from llan 'church' and Taf) is a district, community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales.

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London Palladium

The London Palladium is a Grade II* West End theatre located on Argyll Street, London, in Soho.

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London Recordings

London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 before becoming semi-independent.

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London Symphony Orchestra

The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London.

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Lyrita

Lyrita is a British classical music record label, specializing in the works of British composers.

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Maurice Ravel

Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor.

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Melos Ensemble

The Melos Ensemble is a group of musicians who started in 1950 in London to play chamber music in mixed instrumentation of string instruments, wind instruments and others.

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Michael Bentine

Michael Bentine, (born Michael James Bentin; 26 January 1922General Register Office for England and Wales – Birth Register for the March Quarter of 1922, Watford Registration District, Reference 3a 1478, listed as "Michael J. Bentin", mother's maiden name as "Dawkins". – 26 November 1996)General Register Office for England and Wales – Death Register for November 1996, Sutton Registration District, Reference C6B 296, listed as "Michael James Bentine" with a date of birth of 26 January 1922.

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National Portrait Gallery, London

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people.

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Naxos (company)

Naxos comprises numerous companies, divisions, imprints, and labels specializing in classical music but also audiobooks and other genres.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Peter Maxwell Davies

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (8 September 1934 – 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music. Osian Ellis and Peter Maxwell Davies are Academics of the Royal Academy of Music.

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Peter Pears

Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears (22 June 19103 April 1986) was an English tenor.

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Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian.

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Presbyterian Church of Wales

The Presbyterian Church of Wales (Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru), also known as the Calvinistic Methodist Church (Yr Eglwys Fethodistaidd Galfinaidd), is a denomination of Protestant Christianity based in Wales.

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Richard Adeney

Richard Gilford Adeney (25 January 1920 – 16 December 2010) was a British flautist who played principal flute with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the English Chamber Orchestra, was a soloist and a founding member of the Melos Ensemble.

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Royal Academy of Music

The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa.

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Royal Variety Performance

The Royal Variety Performance is a televised variety show held annually in the United Kingdom to raise money for the Royal Variety Charity (of which King Charles III is life-patron).

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Sain (record label)

Sain (Welsh for Audio), in full – Sain (Recordiau) Cyf. (Audio (Records) Ltd) is a Welsh record label, which took part in the Welsh folk revival.

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Spike Milligan

Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor.

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Terence Weil

Terence Weil (9 December 1921 in London – 25 February 1995 in Figueras) was a British cellist, principal cellist of the English Chamber Orchestra, a founding member of the Melos Ensemble, a leading chamber musician and an influential teacher at the Royal Northern College of Music. Osian Ellis and Terence Weil are Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osian_Ellis

Also known as Osian Gwynn Ellis.

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See also

20th-century harpists

21st-century harpists

People from Flintshire

Welsh classical harpists

Welsh male classical composers

References