Ivor Novello

Known for ActingBorn 1893-01-15Died 1951-03-06Cardiff, Wales, UK

Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh composer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century, on both screen and stage. He was born into a musical Cardiff family and his mother, Clara Novello Davies, was an internationally known singing teacher and choral conductor. As a child, Novello was a successful singer in various eisteddfodau throughout the country. He was educated privately in Cardiff and then in Gloucester and later won a scholarship to Magdalen College School in Oxford. The family moved to London in 1913 and here Novello's career flourished. In 1914, at the start of World War II, he wrote the words to his most popular song, "Keep the Home Fires Burning". Novello lived in a flat above the Strand Theatre, where he remained until his death in 1951. Since 1955 the internationally prestigious The Ivor Novello Awards ("The Ivors") for songwriting and composing are annually awarded by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA).Read more

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The Constant Nymph

A South Sea Bubble

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Miarka, la fille à l'ourse

The Rat

The Rat

Autumn Crocus

Glamorous Night

The Man Without Desire

The White Rose

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

Symphony in Two Flats

The Vortex

The Gallant Hussar

Carnival

Free and Easy

The Bohemian Girl

Tarzan the Ape Man

The Return of the Rat

The Triumph of the Rat

Sleeping Car

But the Flesh Is Weak

I Lived with You

The Dancing Years

Downhill

King's Rhapsody

The Lodger

Once a Lady

King's Rhapsody

The Call of the Blood