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Lambert Williamson

[b]Lambert Williamson[/b] (28 April 1907, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire — 13 November 1975, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire) was a British composer and conductor who wrote light music and worked on film scores, documentaries, and BBC radio productions. Williamson collaborated with [a=Charlie Chaplin], writing music for [i]A Countess from Hong Kong[/i] (1967) and arranging a new score for [i]The Circus[/i] re-release in 1969 (restored for live orchestral screenings by [a=Timothy Brock] in 2003). He also served as a conductor and musical director on notable films scored by other composers, including [a=Georges Auric]'s [i]Moulin Rouge[/i] (1952), [a=Franco Mannino]'s [i]Beat the Devil[/i] (53), [a=Roman Vlad]'s [i]Romeo and Juliet[/i] (54), and [i]Room at the Top[/i] by [a=Mario Nascimbene] in 1959. Williamson studied engineering at the [l=University Of Leeds] and grew interested in music and stage production during his student years, directing [i]Varsity Vanities[/i] revue; Lambert graduated in June 1932. He played piano with [a=Jack Hylton And His Orchestra] before the Second World War. In the late 1940s, Lambert Williamson joined [l=The Rank Organisation], writing scores for shorts, documentaries from the Crown Film Unit, and other similar productions throughout the next decade. He recorded several light music overtures, including [i]Curtain Up[/i] and [i]This is the Business[/i] with [a=The Queen's Hall Light Orchestra] conducted by [a=Sidney Torch]. In February 1951, Williamson premiered [i]Living Silence[/i] at [url=https://discogs.com/label/448568]Liverpool Cathedral[/url], a choral/spoken choir composition set on [a=Patric Dickinson]'s text, later broadcast by [l=BBC] on the [url=https://discogs.com/label/555251]Third Programme[/url].

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