Beschreibung

Eric Coates (1886-1957) was an English composer, primarily of light music, including much film music.

Born on the 27th August 1886 in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, Coates belonged to a musical family. He studied at the Royal Academy before playingthe viola under Henry Wood's baton in the Queen's Hall Orchestra.

Chronic pain forced him to give up playing the viola, and he concentrated on his considerable powers as a composer. Much of his music is still well-known, such as the theme of the film The Dambusters, "The Dam Busters March", the signature tune of Radio Four's Desert Island Discs, "By the Sleepy Lagoon", and the BBC's Music while You Work signature tune(1940-1967) "Calling All Workers".

Coates died on the 21st December 1957.

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2025-04-17

Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

2024-07-12

Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

2023-06-09

Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

2020-10-02

British Violin Sonatas, Volume Three

2020-05-01

Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

2019-09-27

Songs by Eric Coates

2019-01-25

BBC Music, Volume 20, Number 11: Malcolm Arnold: Symphony no. 1 / Coates / Enescu / J. Strauss II

2012-08

The Symphonic Eric Coates

2002-05-20

Calling All Workers / Springtime - Suite / From Meadow to Mayfair - Suite / London Again - Suite

2002

By the Sleepy Lagoon

2001-06

The Enchanted Garden: 10 Orchestral Pieces

1998-09-11

Sleepy Lagoon / Springtime Suite / Saxo Rhapsody / Footlights Waltz / Four Ways Suite / 8th Army March

1998-09

Under The Stars (17 Orchestral Miniatures)

1997-05-20

Frederick Fennell Conducts the Music of Leroy Anderson and Eric Coates

1996-08-13

Walton: Orb & Sceptre / Coronation March / Arnold: Four Cornish Dances / Farnon: Westminster Waltz / Coates: Dam Busters March / Farnon: Colditz March

1995