Henry Wood

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Gender	Male
Death	80 years ago
Date of birth	March 3,1869
Zodiac sign	Pisces
Born	London
	United Kingdom
Date of died	August 19,1944
Died	Hitchin
	United Kingdom
Genres	Classical
Albums	A Tribute To Sir Henry Wood
	Root & Jenny Jackson
	Wood's Eroica
Record labels	EMI Classics
	Virgin TV
	Vanilla OMP
	Maestoso
	Dutton Epoch
	Editions Audiovisuel Beulah
	Cris Music
	Lyrita Recorded Edition
Listen artist	www.youtube.com
Books	My life of music
	About Conducting
Last test	19 March 1892 v South Africa
Test debut	13 August 1888 v Australia
Date of Reg.	2019-04-10 23:12:48
Date of Upd.	2023-08-18 13:20:20
ID	674586

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Henry Wood Life story

Sir Henry Joseph Wood CH was an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the Proms. He conducted them for nearly half a century, introducing hundreds of new works to British audiences.

'A Queer girl with a nose ring rocks the Last Night of the Proms

Feb 16,2020 6:14 am

... The program also included nods to mark the most important topics of this year s Proms: Laura Mvula s Sing To The Moon, the 50-year anniversary of the moon landings; and a fine beautiful version of Elgar s Sospiri marks the 150-year anniversary of the Proms co-founder Sir Henry Wood, who explains the world premiere in 1914, only nine days after Britain in the war...