Person Open DS/UK/3034 Lewis; Joseph (1878-1925); English conductor of City of Birmingham Orchestra Lewis Joseph 1878-1925 English conductor of City of Birmingham Orchestra Male

Joseph Lewis, senior conductor of the BBC, was born in Brierly Hill, Staffordhire, in 1878. He became famous as conductor of the City of Birmingham Choir, and was invited to conduct one of the leading choirs in Vienna. His first broadcast was from Birmingham in 1923. For 7 1/2 years he was Musical Director at Birmingham and for the last 5 has been in London. Altogether he has appeared more than 2,000 times as conductor. He has been conductor of Wolverhampton Musical Society, Walsall Philharmonic Society and Dudley Madrigial Society...A pioneer of the Community Singing movement. 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 RAHhbryony 11/14/2012 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 8136e37c-4272-4641-9d32-cc30d237c830