page_title: Hyam Greenbaum
hierarchical_section_title: Hyam Greenbaum
caption_attribution_description: Hyam Greenbaum and the BBC Television Orchestra in a test broadcast to Radiolympia, August 1936 (BBC)
context_page_description: Hyam Greenbaum was an English conductor, violinist and composer who in 1936 became the world's first conductor of a television orchestra. He was friendly with many of his English music contemporaries, including Constant Lambert, Alan Rawsthorne, and William Walton and often helped them with technical advice on orchestration. His sister was the pianist and composer Kyla Greenbaum.
context_section_description: Hyam Greenbaum (12 May 1901 – 13 May 1942) was an English conductor, violinist and composer who in 1936 became the world's first conductor of a television orchestra. He was friendly with many of his English music contemporaries, including Constant Lambert, Alan Rawsthorne, and William Walton and often helped them with technical advice on orchestration. His sister was the pianist and composer Kyla Greenbaum (1922-2017).
caption: Hyam Greenbaum and the BBC Television Orchestra in a test broadcast from Alexandra Palace television station to audiences at Radiolympia
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