Albert W. Ketèlbey

Albert William Ketèlbey ( / k ə ˈ t ɛ l b i / ; born Ketelbey ; 9 August 1875 – 26 November 1959) was an English composer, conductor and pianist, best known for his short pieces of light orchestral music . He was born in Birmingham and moved to London in 1889 to study at Trinity College of Music . After a brilliant studentship he did not pursue the classical career predicted for him, becoming musical director of the Vaudeville Theatre before gaining fame as a composer of light music and as a conductor of his own works.

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