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Eric Francis Harrison Coates (27 August 1886 – 21 December 1957) was an English composer of light music and, early in his career, a leading violist. Coates was born into a musical family, but, despite his wishes and obvious talent, his parents only reluctantly allowed him to pursue a musical career.
During the 1920s, however, Eric Coates developed a distinctive style which embraced his own use of the newly-introduced American syncopated idiom. He was the first European composer to treat this new style seriously and successfully integrate it into symphonic writing.
Below is a sortable list of compositions by Eric Coates. The works are categorized by genre, date of composition and title.
GenreDateTitleNotesStage1930Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [1]Incidental music; revised in 1938 as The ...Stage1932The Jester at the Wedding [1]BalletStage1938The Enchanted Garden [2] [3]Tone poemOrchestral1904Ballad, op 2 [4]for string orchestraKeith Lockhart conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in Eric Coates' By the Sleepy Lagoon - Desert Island Discs' famous signature tune. This concert was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3; it is...
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Jan 30, 2023 · Eric Francis Harrison Coates (27 August 1886 – 21 December 1957) was an English composer of light music and, early in his career, a leading violist. Please support my channels:...
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Coates’s music sold by the truckload, and his catchy tunes have entered musical folklore. That doesn’t mean, however, that his music lacks depth. Anything but, argues Nick Forton
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Dec 10, 2022 · Eric Coates, who also composed the Desert Island Discs theme, showed how 'light music' can bring joy to the darkest of times
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Albums
For Your Delight
2006
Coates: Calling All Workers; Springtime
2002
Eric Coates: London Suite (Knightsbridge); Oxford Street; Saxo Rhapsody; Green Hills of Somerset; etc.
1992
Eric Coates conducts Eric Coates For Your Delight
2006
Coates Conducts Coates [Nimbus]
2018
Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon; Summer Days; London Suite
2001
