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Also known as John Herbert Foulds

British composer (1880–1939)

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Vinony's link graph records 68 inbound references to John Foulds, and connects out to India, William Shakespeare and World War I.

Vinony files it under 1880 births, 1939 deaths and 20th-century English classical composers.

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Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Dyeing and Printing
  • Music today
  • Spinning

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United Kingdom
Active from
1880
Active to
1939

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,798
Total plays
8,810

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John Herbert Foulds (November 2, 1880 – April 25, 1939), was a British composer of classical music from England. A successful composer of light music and theatre scores, his principal creative energies went into more ambitious and exploratory works that were particularly influenced by Indian music. Suffering a setback after the decline in popularity of his World Requiem (1919–1921), he left London for Paris in 1927, and eventually travelled to India in 1935 where <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
John
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Manchester
Place of death
Kolkata
Occupation
cellist
Languages spoken
English language
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date of death
1939-04-24
date of birth
1880-11-02
cause of death
cholera
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1905-00-00
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