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Albert Ketèlbey (9 August 1875 – 26 November 1959) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist, best known for his
light orchestral music . He was born in
Birmingham , moving to London in 1889 to study at
Trinity College of Music where he became musical director of the
Vaudeville Theatre . For many years Ketèlbey worked for music publishers including
Chappell & Co and the
Columbia Graphophone Company , providing arrangements for smaller orchestras. He composed accompanying music for
silent films ;
In a Monastery Garden (1915) sold over a million copies and brought widespread notice. Later soundtracks for exotic scenes such as
In a Persian Market (1920, cover pictured),
In a Chinese Temple Garden (1923), and
In the Mystic Land of Egypt (1931), became best-sellers; by the late 1920s Ketèlbey was Britain's first millionaire composer. His popularity waned during the Second World War. In 1949 he retired to the
Isle of Wight , where he died in obscurity. In a 2003 poll by the BBC's
Your Hundred Best Tunes , Bells across the Meadows was voted the thirty-sixth most popular tune of all time. (
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