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Gilbert Shufflebotham

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Gilbert Shufflebotham
Birth nameGilbert Shufflebotham
Born(1907-05-06)6 May 1907
Horton, Staffordshire, England
Died5 March 1978(1978-03-05) (aged 70)
Ripon, North Yorkshire, England
GenresClassical
OccupationMusician
InstrumentsViola

Gilbert Shufflebotham (1907–1978) was a British violist and violinist. He started his playing career on the violin, performing for radio broadcasts in the 1920s.[1]

He was principal violist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra[2][3] and played in the Hallé Orchestra,[4][5] the Birmingham String Quartet,[6] the Birmingham Ensemble Players[7][8] as well as a number of other ensembles.[9] He was a pupil of Lionel Tertis.[10][11]

In 1947 he gave the CBSO's first performance of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with the orchestra's deputy leader and Element Quartet violist, Dorothy Hemming.[12]

In February 1948, he performed William Walton's Viola Concerto with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.[13]

Shufflebotham was the Head of Music at Ripon Grammar School. He founded and conducted the award-winning Knypersley String Orchestra[14][15] and conducted the Ripon Schools' String Orchestra.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Birmingham Programmes". Radio Times: 439. 16 June 1926.
  2. ^ "Two Quartet rehearsals". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 12 November 1949.
  3. ^ Taylor, Edward (24 April 1950). "Orchestra Inspired". Sheffield Daily Telegraph.
  4. ^ "The New City Orchestra". Birmingham Mail. 18 August 1944.
  5. ^ B., E. (18 April 1945). "Halle Orchestra and Ensemble Players". Birmingham Daily Post.
  6. ^ D., M. (12 November 1949). "Two Quartet Recitals". Birmingham Daily Gazette.
  7. ^ "Music in the Provinces". The Musical Times. 86 (1227): 156. May 1945. doi:10.2307/935527. JSTOR 935527.
  8. ^ B., E. (22 March 1945). "Unfamiliar Chamber Music". Birmingham Daily Post.
  9. ^ B., E. (14 October 1944). "Music in Birmingham". Birmingham Daily Post.
  10. ^ Riley, Maurice W. (1980). The History of the Viola. Michigan, U.S.A: Braun-Brumfield, Ann Arbor. ISBN 0960315004.
  11. ^ White, John (2006). Lionel Tertis, The First Great Virtuoso of the Viola. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. p. 200. ISBN 184383278X.
  12. ^ D., M. (16 May 1947). "Soloists from Orchestra". Birmingham Daily Gazette.
  13. ^ "Fine Work for Viola". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 2 February 1948.
  14. ^ "The Knypersley String Orchestra". Radio Times. 60 (777): 41. 24 August 1938.
  15. ^ "Running Your Own Show: Or String Orchestra". Radio Times (814): 64. 12 May 1939.
  16. ^ "Music Club, BBC Home Service". Radio Times (2017). 12 July 1962.