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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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
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1900-02-25
dateOfDeath 1978-08-14
educatedAt Downside School NERFINISHED
Stonyhurst College NERFINISHED
employer BBC
familyName Silvester NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork ballroom dancing
popular music
genre ballroom dance music
dance band
easy listening
givenName Victor NERFINISHED
hasInfluenced ballroom dance teaching in the United Kingdom
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
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
Modern Ballroom Dancing NERFINISHED
Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra recordings NERFINISHED
occupation author
bandleader
musician
pianist
record producer
participantIn First World War NERFINISHED
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
EMI
residence London, England
sexOrGender male
spouse Dorothy Newton NERFINISHED

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Silvestri hasNotableBearer Victor Silvestri