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Leighton Lucas (5 January 1903 – 1 November 1982) was an English composer and conductor. His career was wide-ranging: he was associated with the revival of interest in 20th century English ballet, arranged music for dance bands, conducted challenging contemporary classical works and wrote many original concert and film scores.
Nov 8, 2018 · Leighton Lucas (1903-82) (after Massenet) : L'histoire de Manon, Act III of the ballet (1974) Scene 1 – The port of New Orleans 00:00-10:15Scene 2 – The gaoler's room in New Orleans 10:15-14 ...
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Leighton Lucas was born on 5 January 1903 in London, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Stage Fright (1950), Ice Cold in Alex (1958) and The Dam Busters (1955). He died on 1 November 1982 in London, England, UK.
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Leighton Lucas, born in London on 5 January 1903 (his Canadian-born father Clarence Lucas published drawing-room ballads), was musically self-taught, yet he later became a Professor at the Royal Academy of Music and also lectured elsewhere, even on radio.
Nov 7, 2018 · Leighton Lucas (1903-82) (after Massenet) : L'histoire de Manon, Act II of the ballet (1974) Rodders. 22.6K subscribers. Subscribed. 75. 4.4K views 5 years ago.
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There is no piano in Leighton Lucas’s score for Hitchcock’s Stage Fright (1950), although there always seemed to be a concertante piano work struggling to get out. This version of the Stage...
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Leighton Lucas (5 January 1903 – 1 November 1982) was an English composer and conductor. Born into a musical family (his father, Clarence Lucas, was also a noted composer), he began his career as a dancer for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (1918–21).
