Eric Coates
About Eric Coates
Eric Coates (1886-1957) was an English composer, primarily of light music, including much film music. Born on the 27th August 1886 in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, Coates belonged to a musical family. He studied at the Royal Academy before playingthe viola under Henry Wood's baton in the Queen's Hall Orchestra. Chronic pain forced him to give up playing the viola, and he concentrated on his considerable powers as a composer. Much of his music is still well-known
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By The Sleepy Lagoon
Springtime Suite: I
The Dambusters: March: 'The Dam Busters'
The Dam Busters March
London Suite: 3. Knightsbridge (march)
Calling All Workers
Sleepy Lagoon
By The Sleepy Lagoon: By the Sleepy Lagoon
Dambusters March
The Dam Busters (Arr. Duthoit)
Knightsbridge March
The Dam Busters
Coates: By The Sleepy Lagoon
The Dambusters March (The Dambusters)
Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon (Instrumental Version)
Coates : By the Sleepy Lagoon [Desert Island Discs theme]
Coates: Dambusters March
The Dambusters March
Impression Of A Princess
First Meeting (Version for Violin & Piano)
Cinderella: 7. Cinderella, once more sitting by the fireside
De Magische Klok
London, 'Knightsbridge'
London Suite: Knightsbridge March
By the Sleepy Lagoon - 1988 Remastered Version
First Meeting: Souvenir For Viola And Piano
For Your Delight
London Calling
I Heard You Singing
London Suite - Knightsbridge March
Dam Busters March
London Suite - Covent Garden
Television March
Knightsbride (March) from London Suite
The Dam Busters (March) - (The Dam Busters)
Coates: Calling All Workers (March)
London Bridge
By Mendip Side (Arr. Ş. Dikener for Cello & Piano)
Cinderella: 1. Cinderella, alone by the fire, dreaming
Last Love
Springtime - Suite: III. Dance in the Twilight
The Dambusters
The Selfish Giant
The Jester at the Wedding: I. March, "The Princess arrives March"
Cinderella: 2. Her Fairy Godmother calls her softly and she gradually wakes
Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon (Valse-Serenade)
The Merrymakers
Summer Afternoon: Idyll (Recorded 1931)
Desert Island Discs
Coates: London Suite, "London Everyday": III. Knightsbridge (March)
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