George Lloyd
George Lloyd was a British conductor and composer (1913–1998). He was born in St Ives and died in London.
George Lloyd
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- Full name
- George Walter Selwyn Lloyd.
- Born
- 1913. · St Ives.
- Died
- 1998. · London.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Occupation
- conductor and composer.
- Fields
- opera and symphony.
- Education
- Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
- Known for
- Symphony number 4.
- Languages
- English.
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George Lloyd was a British conductor and composer (1913–1998). He was born in St Ives and died in London.
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Lloyd worked between 1913 and 1998 across conductor and composer. The registers place that work in opera and symphony. This article rests on 50 catalogued compositions, 8 published texts, 18 issued recordings and 46 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
George Lloyd is established in Bibliothèque nationale de France under 13925178z. Established in Library of Congress under n81047321. Recorded at birth as George Walter Selwyn Lloyd. Established in Discogs under 1638433. Recorded as conductor and composer. Established in FAST under 71837. Within the Encyclopedia. Connected to 3 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
The composer went to his wife Nancy's home in Switzerland in late 1945, to recoever from his war injuries. They rented a room by Lake Neuchatel, and in 1948 he completed his 5th Symphony. He later described that period as 'probably the happiest time of my life...I was alive, and writing again.'
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1913
George Lloyd was born on 28 June 1913.
1998
George Lloyd died on 3 July 1998.
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St Ives.
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London.
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