Person Open DS/UK/1233 Thalben-Ball; Sir; George (18 June 1896-18 January 1987); CBE; Australian-English organist and composer Thalben-Ball George Sir 18 June 1896-18 January 1987 Australian-English organist and composer Male (cisgender) George Thomas Thalben-Ball DS/UK/5641 Sydney, Australia (born)

English Australian Music | Organ, Composer White No known disability No known religious affiliation Son of George Charles Ball and Mary Hannah Spear Former spouse of Grace Evelyn Chapman (painter) and Jennifer Bate (organist) Heterosexual Sir George Thalben-Ball CBE was an Australian organist and composer who spent almost all his life in England. Thalben-Ball composed several anthems and organ works, of which the best known is his meditative Elegy for organ, which was played at the Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. This piece originated in an improvisation which Thalben-Ball played at the end of a live BBC daily religious service during World War II, when the service finished a couple of minutes earlier than expected. So many listeners to the broadcast telephoned the BBC to ask what the composition was, that he decided to write down his improvisation as well as he could remember it. He compiled, in addition, a complete set of chants for the psalms, most of them being his own work; this set was published as The Choral Psalter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Thalben-Ball (2022) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 8/23/2012 RAHAKIRKBRIDE 6/3/2025 cab935e7-b01d-4a9c-a02f-68d26c525b9b