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Gilbert Shufflebotham (1907–1978) was a British violist and violinist. He started his playing career on the violin, performing for radio broadcasts in the 1920s.[1]
Gilbert Shufflebotham | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Gilbert Shufflebotham |
| Born | 6 May 1907 Horton, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 5 March 1978 (aged 70) Ripon, North Yorkshire, England |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Viola |
He was principal violist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra[2][3] and played in the Hallé Orchestra,[4][5] the Birmingham String Quartet,[6] the Birmingham Ensemble Players[7][8] as well as a number of other ensembles.[9] He was a pupil of Lionel Tertis.[10][11]
In 1947 he gave the CBSO's first performance of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with the orchestra's deputy leader and Element Quartet violist, Dorothy Hemming.[12]
In February 1948, he performed William Walton's Viola Concerto with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.[13]
Shufflebotham was the Head of Music at Ripon Grammar School. He founded and conducted the award-winning Knypersley String Orchestra[14][15] and conducted the Ripon Schools' String Orchestra.[16]
References edit
- ^ "Birmingham Programmes". Radio Times: 439. 16 June 1926.
- ^ "Two Quartet rehearsals". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 12 November 1949.
- ^ Taylor, Edward (24 April 1950). "Orchestra Inspired". Sheffield Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "The New City Orchestra". Birmingham Mail. 18 August 1944.
- ^ B., E. (18 April 1945). "Halle Orchestra and Ensemble Players". Birmingham Daily Post.
- ^ D., M. (12 November 1949). "Two Quartet Recitals". Birmingham Daily Gazette.
- ^ "Music in the Provinces". The Musical Times. 86 (1227): 156. May 1945. doi:10.2307/935527. JSTOR 935527.
- ^ B., E. (22 March 1945). "Unfamiliar Chamber Music". Birmingham Daily Post.
- ^ B., E. (14 October 1944). "Music in Birmingham". Birmingham Daily Post.
- ^ Riley, Maurice W. (1980). The History of the Viola. Michigan, U.S.A: Braun-Brumfield, Ann Arbor. ISBN 0960315004.
- ^ White, John (2006). Lionel Tertis, The First Great Virtuoso of the Viola. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. p. 200. ISBN 184383278X.
- ^ D., M. (16 May 1947). "Soloists from Orchestra". Birmingham Daily Gazette.
- ^ "Fine Work for Viola". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 2 February 1948.
- ^ "The Knypersley String Orchestra". Radio Times. 60 (777): 41. 24 August 1938.
- ^ "Running Your Own Show: Or String Orchestra". Radio Times (814): 64. 12 May 1939.
- ^ "Music Club, BBC Home Service". Radio Times (2017). 12 July 1962.
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