Alfred Reynolds (composer)
Alfred Reynolds (1884–1969) was a composer of light music for the theatre.
He was born in
.In 1910, he conducted
ballad operas
.
In 1923 he became Musical Director of the
The Fountain of Youth and Derby Day
.
Reynolds left the Lyric in 1932 for the
1066 And All That (a musical based on the comic book by of that name) and a score for The Swiss Family Robinson
.
In 1947, he wrote music for a
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. A two-act comic opera, The Limpet in the Castle, was premiered in 1958 at Wombwell, Yorkshire
.
Much of his theatre music has been played in the concert hall.
Reynolds died aged 84 at Bognor Regis on 18 October 1969.
References
Philip L. Scowcroft, Theatre Conductor and Composer: Alfred Reynolds (1884-1969)
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