Mark Lubbock

Mark Hugh Lubbock (1898 - 1986) was a British conductor and composer, especially of light music.[1]

Born in 1898, he was educated at Eton College, and then studied in Vienna.[1] He also served in World War I.[2]

Lubbock was Light Music Conductor at the BBC from 1933 to 1944.[1] His operetta The King Can Do No Wrong was the first to be commissioned and broadcast by the BBC.[2]

He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 15 June 1974.[3]

His wife was the author, Bea Howe.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mark Lubbock". Naxos Records. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Scowcroft, Philip L. "SOME BRITISH CONDUCTOR-COMPOSERS part 6/6". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Mark Lubbock". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Warner, S (2013-07-31). Letters Of Sylvia Townsend Warner. Random House. p. 1911. ISBN 9781448189960. Retrieved 17 August 2014.