Victor Silvestri
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Victor Silvestri was a prominent British dance band leader and pianist known for his influential role in popularizing ballroom dance music in the mid-20th century.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Victor Silvestri canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Officer of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| child | Victor Silvester Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1900-02-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1978-08-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Downside School
NERFINISHED
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Stonyhurst College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | BBC ⓘ |
| familyName | Silvester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ballroom dancing
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popular music ⓘ |
| genre |
ballroom dance music
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dance band ⓘ easy listening ⓘ |
| givenName | Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
ballroom dance teaching in the United Kingdom
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mid-20th-century ballroom dance music ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Victor Silvester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
best-selling British dance band leader of the 1930s and 1940s
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helped standardize ballroom dance tempos ⓘ pioneered strict-tempo dance records ⓘ |
| notableEvent | won a World Ballroom Dancing Championship in the 1920s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
BBC radio programme "Victor Silvester’s Dance Club"
NERFINISHED
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Modern Ballroom Dancing NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra recordings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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bandleader ⓘ musician ⓘ pianist ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
First World War
NERFINISHED
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Second World War (entertainment for troops) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Le Touquet, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publication | Modern Ballroom Dancing (instruction book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
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EMI ⓘ |
| residence | London, England ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Dorothy Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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