Sir Henry Wood

E272226

Knight Bachelor conductor human musician

Sir Henry Wood was a pioneering English conductor best known for founding and shaping the Promenade Concerts, which evolved into today’s BBC Proms.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Henry Wood	2
Sir Henry Wood canonical	2
Henry J. Wood	1
Henry Joseph Wood	1
Sir Henry J. Wood	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Knight Bachelor ⓘ conductor ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ
awardReceived	knighthood ⓘ
birthDate	1869-03-03 ⓘ
birthPlace	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
burialPlace	Golders Green Crematorium ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1944-08-19 ⓘ
deathPlace	England ⓘ Hertfordshire ⓘ Hitchin ⓘ
educatedAt	Royal Academy of Music ⓘ
employer	BBC ⓘ Queen's Hall, London ⓘ surface form: Queen’s Hall
familyName	Wood ⓘ
fullName	Sir Henry Wood self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Henry Joseph Wood
genre	classical music ⓘ
givenName	Henry ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
hasMemorial	statue in the Royal Albert Hall ⓘ
honouredIn	BBC Proms ⓘ surface form: Henry Wood Promenade Concerts
influenced	development of orchestral concert culture in Britain ⓘ repertoire of the BBC Proms ⓘ
knownAs	founder of the Promenade Concerts ⓘ principal conductor of the Promenade Concerts ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
middleName	Joseph ⓘ
movement	British classical music ⓘ
notableFor	BBC Proms ⓘ Promenade Concerts ⓘ
notableWork	arrangements of classical repertoire for large orchestra ⓘ orchestrations of works by J. S. Bach ⓘ
occupation	arranger ⓘ conductor ⓘ orchestrator ⓘ organist ⓘ pianist ⓘ
positionHeld	principal conductor of the Proms ⓘ principal conductor of the Queen’s Hall Promenade Concerts ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Muriel Greatrex ⓘ Olive Murray Wood ⓘ
workLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

BBC Proms → namedAfter → Sir Henry Wood ⓘ

BBC Proms → founder → Sir Henry Wood ⓘ

Serenade to Music → dedicatedTo → Sir Henry Wood ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Henry J. Wood

Sir Henry Wood → fullName → Sir Henry Wood self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Joseph Wood

Robert Newman → collaboratedWith → Sir Henry Wood ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Wood

Robert Newman → collaboratedWith → Sir Henry Wood ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry J. Wood

Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 → premiereConductor → Sir Henry Wood ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Wood