Sir George Dyson (1883–1964) was a well-known english musician and composer. His son is the physicist Freeman Dyson and his grandson is the historian George Dyson his granddaughter is Esther Dyson. He was born in Halifax, Yorkshire on May 28, 1883 and died in Winchester September 28, 1964. The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 1850, intended to represent the Black Prince. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Freeman Dyson in San Francisco in 2005 (Photo: Jacob Appelbaum) Freeman John Dyson (born December 15, 1923) is an English-born American physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum mechanics, nuclear weapons design and policy, and for his serious theorizing in futurism and science fiction concepts, including the... George Dyson at University of Washington, Seattle 2005 (Photo: Mark Minie) George Dyson (born 1953) is a scientific historian, the son of Freeman Dyson, brother of Esther Dyson, and the grandson of Sir George Dyson. ... Esther Dyson (born 14 July 1951) is the daughter of Freeman Dyson and a noted consultant and philosopher in the field of emerging digital technology. ... Halifax is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, northern England, with a population of about 90,000. ... The White Yorkshire rose. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Winchester is a city in southern England, with a population of around 40,000 within a 3 mile radius of its centre. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (272nd in leap years). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...

Biography

He attended the Royal College of Music and was a winner of the Mendelssohn Travelling Scholarship which enabled him to spend some years in Italy and Germany. He then worked for thirty years as a school music teacher (at Rugby, Wellington and Winchester), before being appointed as Director of the Royal College of Music in 1937. // The Royal College of Music from Prince Consort Road, London The Royal College of Music is a prestigious music school located in Kensington, London. ... A view of Rugby School from the rear, including the playing field, where according to legend Rugby was invented Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby in Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in the United Kingdom and is perhaps one of the top co-educational boarding... Wellington College, the national monument to the Duke of Wellington, is an English public school, located in the Berkshire town of Crowthorne, which was granted its royal charter in 1853. ... Winchester College is a public school in the city of Winchester in Hampshire, in the south of England. ...

He received a knighthood in 1941 and was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1953. I have broken it!! ...

Musical works

His compositions include a symphony in G major (1937), a violin concerto, and a number of other works many of them for chorus a cappella. Ernest John Moeran's symphony of the same decade (and completed the same year) has some similarities of style and ambition with Dyson's (both are among their composers' longest works at about 45 minutes - though Dyson's violin concerto is longer still according to its publisher [1], and both show some influence, harmonically and in instrumental use, from Jean Sibelius.) A symphony is an extended piece of music usually for orchestra and usually comprised of several movements. ... G major is a major scale based on G, consisting of the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, F# and G. Its key signature consists of one sharp. ... A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin and orchestra. ... Ernest John Moeran (December 31, 1894 - December 1, 1950) was an English composer. ... Sibelius redirects to this article. ...

In the Oxford Companion to Music, Percy Scholes described his compositions as "skilful, sometimes deeply felt, but never forward-looking in idiom". The Oxford Companion to Music, tenth edition The Oxford Companion to Music is a popular music reference book produced by the Oxford University Press. ... Percy Alfred Scholes (1877–1958) was a musician, journalist and prolific writer, whose best-known achievement was the compilation of the Oxford Companion to Music. ...

Bibliography

• George Dyson, The New Music (1924)
• George Dyson, The Progress of Music (1932)
• George Dyson, Fiddling While Rome Burns (1954)

Dyson was also the author of the British Army's Manual of Grenade Fighting in World War I. Combatants Allies: • Serbia, • Russia, • France, • Romania, • Belgium, • British Empire and Dominions, • United States, • Italy, • ...and others Central Powers: • Germany, • Austria-Hungary, • Ottoman Empire, • Bulgaria Casualties 5 million military, 3 million civilian (full list) 3 million military, 3 million civilian (full list) World War I, also known as the First World...

External links

• Sir George Dyson Trust