Victor Hely-Hutchinson

Victor Hely-Hutchinson
Born
Christian Victor Noel Hope Hely-Hutchinson

26 December 1901
Cape Town, Cape Colony (now Cape Town, South Africa)
Died11 March 1947 (aged 45)
UK
EducationEton College
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Composer and conductor
FatherSir Walter Hely-Hutchinson

Christian Victor Noel Hope Hely-Hutchinson (26 December 1901 – 11 March 1947)[1] was a British composer, conductor, pianist and music administrator. He is best known for the Carol Symphony and for humorous song-settings.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Hely-Hutchinson, Victor, (26 Dec. 1901–11 March 1947), Director of Music, BBC, since 1944". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u226681. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  2. ^ David Mason Greene (1985). Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers. Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd. p. 1318. ISBN 978-0-385-14278-6.
  3. ^ Hurd, Michael. 'Hely-Hutchinson, (Christian) Victor (Noel Hope)' in Grove Music Online, 2001 (subscription needed)