Fulton was born in London but educated in Scotland at Glasgow High School. From 1929 until 1933 he studied harmony and composition with Norman Demuth at the Royal Academy of Music. He worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1936 until 1960, composing much incidental music for radio features between 1937 and the early 1950s, including the music for Children's Hour throughout the 1940s. In 1953 he was appointed Head of West Regional Music. From 1963 until February 1967 he was the presenter of Music to Remember on the BBC Home Service. In 1966 he returned to the Royal Academy as professor of harmony and composition.[2]
He married Olga Pett Ridge, daughter of the novelist William Pett Ridge, in 1936, and there were a son and a daughter. He lived at 55 Clarence Road, Bickley in Kent.[3] Fulton died of lung cancer at Guy's Hospital on 5 August 1980, aged 71. His daughter Jill Pett Fulton had a successful career as a ballerina and married the conductor Karl Anton Rickenbacher.[4]
Selected worksedit
Fulton composed three symphonies. No. 1, the Sinfonia pastorale, was first heard in Bournemouth in 1951[5] and received its first London concert performance at the Proms in 1954.[6] The Musette movement proved the most striking, and has been published separately.[7] There is also a 15-minute Serenade for Strings and the Waltz Rhapsody for piano and orchestra. His chamber music includes a Piano Trio, the Introduction, Air and Reel for viola and piano (premiered by Watson Forbes in 1949),[8] and the Scottish Suite for recorder and keyboard (written for Carl Dolmetsch in 1954 and still frequently performed).[9] For solo piano Fulton wrote the Prelude, Elegy and Toccata, which was broadcast by Kendall Taylor in 1956 and remained in his repertoire.[10] There are around 50 songs and choral settings.[11]
Fulton wrote much incidental music for BBC radio, including a series of features written by D. G. Bridson, and scored several wartime and post-war British information film documentaries.
^The Holy Boy: Christmastide in Albion, Prima Facie CD PFCD170 (2021)
External linksedit
Return to Action, British Film Institute
Reel from The Scottish Suite, performed by Tarasov/Mollenhauer
'The War Song of the Vikings', from Three Songs of Fiona McLeod, score
January 01, 1970
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Robert Norman Fulton 23 January 1909 5 August 1980 was an English born composer broadcaster and teacher of Scottish ancestry 1 Contents 1 Life and career 2 Selected works 2 1 Concert music 2 2 Songs 2 3 Incidental music for radio 2 4 Film scores 3 References 4 External linksLife and career editFulton was born in London but educated in Scotland at Glasgow High School From 1929 until 1933 he studied harmony and composition with Norman Demuth at the Royal Academy of Music He worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1936 until 1960 composing much incidental music for radio features between 1937 and the early 1950s including the music for Children s Hour throughout the 1940s In 1953 he was appointed Head of West Regional Music From 1963 until February 1967 he was the presenter of Music to Remember on the BBC Home Service In 1966 he returned to the Royal Academy as professor of harmony and composition 2 He married Olga Pett Ridge daughter of the novelist William Pett Ridge in 1936 and there were a son and a daughter He lived at 55 Clarence Road Bickley in Kent 3 Fulton died of lung cancer at Guy s Hospital on 5 August 1980 aged 71 His daughter Jill Pett Fulton had a successful career as a ballerina and married the conductor Karl Anton Rickenbacher 4 Selected works editFulton composed three symphonies No 1 the Sinfonia pastorale was first heard in Bournemouth in 1951 5 and received its first London concert performance at the Proms in 1954 6 The Musette movement proved the most striking and has been published separately 7 There is also a 15 minute Serenade for Strings and the Waltz Rhapsody for piano and orchestra His chamber music includes a Piano Trio the Introduction Air and Reel for viola and piano premiered by Watson Forbes in 1949 8 and the Scottish Suite for recorder and keyboard written for Carl Dolmetsch in 1954 and still frequently performed 9 For solo piano Fulton wrote the Prelude Elegy and Toccata which was broadcast by Kendall Taylor in 1956 and remained in his repertoire 10 There are around 50 songs and choral settings 11 Fulton wrote much incidental music for BBC radio including a series of features written by D G Bridson and scored several wartime and post war British information film documentaries Concert music edit Violin Sonata No 1 1939 12 Requiem for Strings 1941 13 Serenade for Strings 1944 Piano Sonatina 1945 Five Entertainments for small orchestra 1946 Sonata da camera for viola and piano written for Leonard Rubens 1946 14 Waltz Air and Polka for two pianos 1947 Introduction Air and Reel for viola and piano 1949 15 Overture for orchestra 1950 Piano Trio 1950 Symphony No 1 Sinfonia pastorale 1950 16 Shakespeare in Arden divertimento in seven movements for chorus and orchestra 1951 17 Three Movements for Clarinet and Piano dedicated to Jack Brymer and Henry Bronkhurst 1951 Prelude Elegy and Toccata for piano 1954 Scottish Suite for recorder and piano or harpsichord fp 7 May 1954 18 Symphony No 2 in one movement Op 21 1955 Curtain Wells Sketches for small orchestra 1959 Augury ballet I960 Waltz Rhapsody for piano and orchestra 1961 Oboe Sonatina 1962 Little Suite for piano duet 1963 Symphonic Dances 1965 Fantasy on a Ground for piano 1969 Night Music for flute and piano 1969 Dance Miniatures for piano duet 1970 Three Pieces for piano 1970 Symphony No 3 Mary Stuart 1971 73 Songs edit The Cakewalk W W Gibson 1943 Christ Keep the Hollow Land William Morris 1953 I am the Great Sun Charles Causley I walked where in their talking graves Charles Causley Never Look Back Will Redgrave Released by Love W H Auden 1967 See him ride the roaring air Charles Causley Songs in Arden three Shakespeare songs for unaccompanied chorus 1958 19 Songs in Solitude Tennyson Longfellow Walter Scott suite of three part songs accompanied choral 1965 This Bread I Break Dylan Thomas 1938 To the Moon Thomas Hardy 1953 Three Songs of Fiona McLeod The War Song of the Vikings The Valley of Silence The Bells of Youth 1962 20 Two Christmas Songs No Room at the Inn and Make We Merry 21 Two Shakespeare Songs Come away Death and 0 mistress mine Two Songs of Thomas Lodge Love in my Bosom and Lament in Spring Willow song Shakespeare Incidental music for radio edit The Silver Spring 1937 Shakespeare poetry Captain Murderer 1938 short story by Charles Dickens Coronation Scott script by D G Bridson 1938 Warwick the Kingmaker script by D G Bridson 1938 Tale of the North Sea script by D G Bridson 1939 Changing Keys 1942 play by Maurice Brown The Builders 1943 script by D G Bridson Jan the Dreamer 1943 play by Olive Dehn If 1944 play by Lord Dunsany An American Goes Home 1945 script by D G Bridson An Englishman Looks at Norway 1945 script by D G Bridson This was an American 1945 script by D G Bridson Ara s Christmas Play 1946 Aaron s Field 1947 script by D G Bridson Pippa Passes 1949 adaption of Robert Browning A Winter s Tale 1949 The Passionate Elopement in five half hour parts Compton Mackenzie 1953 Film scores edit A Soldier Comes Home 1945 director John Eldridge writer Dylan Thomas Return to Action 1947 Central Office of Information Colonel Bogey 1948 References edit Obituary Daily Telegraph 7 August 1980 p 10 Slonimsky Nicholas ed Baker s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians 7th edition 1984 p 779 Who s Who in Music and Musicians Fifth Edition Burke s Peerage Ltd 1969 Fulton Data at RootsWeb The Times 23 February 1951 p 8 BBC Proms performance archive 12 August 1954 London Music in The Musical Times Vol 95 No 1340 October 1954 p 554 Radio Times issue 1456 7th October 1951 p 33 Shine and Shade English Twentieth Century Recorder Music Red Priest RP010 2013 Radio Times issue 1686 4 March 1956 Leach Gerald British Composer Profiles 3rd edition 2012 p 89 Radio Times issue 803 19th February 1939 p 34 Bradford Observer 1 February 1941 p 3 English Music for Viola and Piano Dutton Epoch CDLX7390 2022 Heartache An Anthology of English Viola Music Guild 7275 2004 Chester Music National Library of Scotland archives Schott Music Music amp Letters Vol XXXIX issue 3 July 1958 Chris Sedergreen Three Songs of Fiona McLeod The Holy Boy Christmastide in Albion Prima Facie CD PFCD170 2021 External links editReturn to Action British Film Institute Reel from The Scottish Suite performed by Tarasov Mollenhauer The War Song of the Vikings from Three Songs of Fiona McLeod score Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Norman Fulton amp oldid 1186890285, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
