Henry Wood (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous entries for March 3rd can be found here:  Alfred Bruneau (2019),  Henry Wood (2020), and Margaret Bonds (2021), Kazimierz Serocki; Margaret Bonds (2022), and Kazimierz Serocki (2023)

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Henry Wood (3 March 1869 – 19 August 1944) was an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of concerts known as the Proms. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood You?

Wood developed a clear and expressive conducting technique. An orchestral cellist wrote that "if you watched him, you couldn't come in wrong.”  - Wikipedia

When leading the Proms, Henry Wood

Showed musical colleagues what could

Be done with a flick

Of his fingers or stick,

To make his intent understood.

 

 

 

 

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