Researching Ernest Read
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 19306 people with the Read surname? In that year Read was ranked number 191 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ernest means "Earnest" and is of Teutonic origin.
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ernest Read and the Read Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 21957 people with the Read surname in the UK? Read is now ranked number 243 for popularity in the UK. |
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Ernest Read (cricketer)
Ernest George Read (8 October 1873 – 21 March 1921) was an English first-class cricketer. Read was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper.
Read made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1903 County Championship against Kent. Read played three matches for Hampshire, all coming in the 1903 season with his final match for the county coming against Sussex.
In 1904 Read joined Sussex, making his debut for the county against Cambridge University. Read played two first-class matches for Sussex in the 1904 season, the second of which came against Oxford University.
Two years after last representing Sussex, Read played two matches for the county in 1906 against Oxford University and Middlesex.
Read died at Wandsworth, London on 21 March 1921.
Source: Ernest Read (cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaErnest Read
Ernest Read (22 February 1879 – 9 October 1965) was an English conductor, organist, and music educator. He had a profound impact on the development of music education within England during the first half of the 20th century, and published several books on music pedagogy. He was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1956.
Read was born in Guildford. From 1896 to 1906 he studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Tobias Matthay and Henry Joseph Wood. He served as the principal of the Watford School of Music from 1913-1920. He also taught conducting and ear training on the faculty of the RAM from 1919–1950. Two of his notable students were Edwin Bélanger and William Ifor Jones. In 1926 he founded the London Junior Orchestra, one of the earliest youth symphonies in England. That orchestra spawned 4 more youth orchestras in the city of London and 11 affiliate youth orchestras throughout Great Britain.
In 1931 Read founded the Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra (ERSO), a professional orchestra with a commitment to performing concerts accessible to children as well as adults. He conducted the orchestra up until his death 34 years later, taking it to concerts in schools, concert halls and for the BBC.
For some years (running until the late 1990s) the related organisation ERMA (Ernest Read Music Association) ran summer schools for talented musical students and keen adult amateur musicians. These primarily featured orchestras playing the large-scale symphonic orchestral repertoire, but also with associated choral, conducting, percussion and listeners' courses. These took place initially at Queenswood School, Herts, then ran for a while at Roedean School, and latterly at St Mary's School, Wantage.
Read was a keen exponent of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, a holistic approach to music through bodily movement, developed by Swiss musician Émile Jaques-Dalcroze. In 1945 he established the lauded Ernest Read Concerts for Children, which ran until the late 1990s. ERSO remain active today (2015). Read died, aged 86, in London.
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