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CodeDS/UK/228
NameRoyal Albert Hall; Royal Albert Hall Orchestra; 1915-c1931; Orchestra
AliasNew Symphony Orchestra (predecessor)
Dates1915-c1931
BiographyPreviously known as the New Symphony Orchestra.

The New Symphony Orchestra became the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra in 1915 and Landon Ronald was named as its conductor, a position he held until the orchestra ceased to exist after 1930. Under Ronald it became the first orchestra in England to have a recording contract, with The Gramophone Company.

Royal Albert Hall Orchestra members c. 1926:
F. C. Grey, E. C. Lawrence, H. Dickason, J. Eyre, J. Hainton, H. Marno, R. F. McConnell, E. O'Brien, T. Parker, T. Sammons, W. Sear, E. W. Simpson, R. Steel, F. Stock, C. Williams, E. G. Caprara, E. A. Wyatt, A. Balch, S. Bustard, H. Cullerne, C. C. Draper, W. E. Lawrence, E. Morgan, A. L. Parfrey, A. Popplesdorf, A. Saint Amory, O. W. Warner, P. J. Willoughby, R. Jeremy, H. Wyand, A. Arnold, D. Bath, N. Bath, A. Blackwood, H. Kent, H. Willoughby, C. Sharpe, S. A. Forest, W. Bridge, R. Grimson, F. Momber, J. Morgan, J. E. Parr, C. Preuveneers, C. L. Willoughby, J. W. Merrett, G. A. W. Yates, G. Platt, F. Roberjot, P. J. Stanley, F. Underhay, G. Wilkes, J. Wilkes, G. S. Barton, G. P. Monk, J. C. Stainer, D. F. Griffiths, J. R. Brand, A. Horton, C. Draper, L. Booth, D. J. Craig, E. W. Hinchliff, F. Wood, A. Penn, A. C. Thonger, M. Graydon, B. J. Muskett, G. Mann, H. Barr, H. Godard, J. Macken, H. B. Ashby, T. Cornish, F. W. Taylor, H. Lane, E. W. Rushforth, F. Deverell, H. Duncan, F. H. Wheelhouse, Kate Wilson, Sidonie Goossens

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