Mark Lubbock

Mark Hugh Lubbock (1898–1986) was a British conductor and composer, especially of light music.[1]

Mark Lubbock
Born1898 
Died1986  (aged 87–88)
Alma mater
OccupationComposer 
Spouse(s)Beatrice Isabel Howe 
Parent(s)
  • Hugh Nevile Lubbock 
  • Margaret Agnes Tiarks 

life

Born in 1898, he was educated at Eton College, and then studied in Vienna.[1] He also served in World War I.[2]

Lubbock and Harry S. Pepper were both recruited by the BBC in 1933, both being noted as "established composers of light music",[3] and Lubbock was the BBC's Light Music Conductor from 1933 to 1944.[1] His operetta The King Can Do No Wrong was the first to be commissioned and broadcast by the BBC.[2]

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 15 June 1974.[4]

His wife was the author Bea Howe.[5]

Bibliography
  • —— (1962). The complete book of light opera. Putnam.

References
  1. "Mark Lubbock". Naxos Records. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. Scowcroft, Philip L. "SOME BRITISH CONDUCTOR-COMPOSERS part 6/6". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  3. The Strand Magazine, Volume 85 (1933), p. 32
  4. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Mark Lubbock". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  5. Warner, S (31 July 2013). Letters Of Sylvia Townsend Warner. Random House. p. 1911. ISBN 9781448189960. Retrieved 17 August 2014.


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