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Walter Collins

*1892 GB
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A.k.a. Walter Roland Collins

British composer of light classical music, 1891/2-1956. From IMDB: Walter R. Collins was born 1892 in Liverpool, England, UK. He studied at The Royal Academy of Music in London. He flourished around mid-century as a composer of light orchestral miniatures and worked as a musical director for British International Pictures. His novelty piece "Laughing Marionette" was recorded by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra in 1929. In the 1940s Collins conducted many recordings for the Paxton production music label. He died in 1956. From http://lightconcertmusic.blogspot: Walter Roland Collins, British composer and arranger, born 1891. Popular around mid 20th century as a composer of light orchestral miniatures with intriguing titles. Apart from the Four Cornish Dances, which pre-date those by Malcolm Arnold and which finish with a setting of the Helston Floral Dance, those Collins works are in single movements. Such as his Cumberland Green, Rat-a-Tat Polka, Strings in the Wood, Vabe Capricietto. Holiday Parade, The Persistent Serenade, In the Cloisters and the marches Olympia, Devil May Care and Paper Hats and Wood Swords.

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