BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Lloyd Webber leads theatre list Lloyd Webber leads theatre list Andrew Lloyd Webber now runs 13 London theatres Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been named the most influential man in UK theatre for the fourth year in a row by industry newspaper The Stage. The 55-year-old has recently enjoyed success with Tell Me On A Sunday, with Denise Van Outen, as well as the lavish musical Bombay Dreams. "Lloyd Webber's reputation, fame, and composing talent gives him the edge," The Stage said. He is now working on a musical based on the novel The Woman in White. Lord Lloyd-Webber is also the biggest theatre owner in London's West End thanks to his Really Useful Group, which owns and manages 13 venues. He built up his empire in the 1970s and 1980s thanks to musicals such as Cats, Evita, and Starlight Express. Lord Lloyd-Webber was knighted in 1992 and made a life peer in 1997. Recently, he has used his weight to campaign for more help for West End theatres, complaining they cannot compete with the kind of grants being given to subsidised venues.

He has also teamed up with fellow impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh to campaign for better transport and policing in the West End. Andrew Lloyd Webber - UKGameshows Andrew Lloyd Webber Superstar (judge) Biography Enormously successful composer of stage musicals, with credits including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, Phantom of the Opera and Sunset Boulevard. Nowadays more active as an impresario, casting revivals of old musicals through reality-style TV talent searches. Trivia He is the older brother of cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. He was knighted in 1992 and made a life peer in 1997. Web links Andrew Lloyd Webber - Biography - IMDb Andrew Lloyd Webber Jump to: Overview (2) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (3) | Trivia (29) | Personal Quotes (11) Overview (2) 5' 9¼" (1.76 m) Mini Bio (1) Andrew Lloyd Webber is arguably the most successful composer of our time.

He is best known for stage and film adaptations of his musicals Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Cats (1994), Evita (1996), and The Phantom of the Opera (2004). He was born on March 22, 1948, in South Kensington in London, England, the first of two sons of William Lloyd Webber, an organist and composer. His mother, Jean Johnstone, was a pianist and violinist. Young Andrew Lloyd Webber learned to play various musical instruments at home and began composing at an early age. He continued his music studies at Westminster School, where his father was an organist. At the age of 9, young Andrew was able to play the organ and assisted his father during performances. In 1964 he went to Oxford University as a Queens Scholar of history. In 1965 he met lyricist Tim Rice and dropped out of school to compose musicals and pop songs. In 1968 he had his first success with the West End production of 'Joseph and the Amasing Techicolor Dreamcoat'.

From the 1960s to 2000s Lloyd Webber has been constantly updating his style as an eclectic blend of musical genres ranging from classical to rock, pop, and jazz, and with inclusion of electro-acoustic music and choral-like numbers in his musicals. Andrew Lloyd Webber shot to fame in 1971 with the opening of his rock opera 'Jesus Christ Superstar'. His next successful collaboration with Tim Rice was the musical biopic 'Evita', based on the true story of Eva Peron of Argentina. Andrew Lloyd Webber has been constantly updating the genre of musical theatre. In 1981 he delivered 'Cats', based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and other poems by T.S. Eliot . It was produced at New London Theatre, where stage was designed as a giant junkyard with large-scale bottles and cans scattered around a huge tire representing a playground for cats dressed in exotic costumes who would come and go through the aisles. The record-breaking production of 'Cats' was on stage for 21 seasons, from 1981 - 2002, and became one of the most popular musicals of all time.

It played the total of 8,949 performances in London and 7,485 in New York. In 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber released his most successful musical, 'The Phantom of the Opera', based on the eponymous book by Gaston Leroux with the English lyrics by Charles Hart . 'The Phantom of the Opera' became the highest grossing entertainment event of all time, with total worldwide gross of 3,3 billion dollars and attendance of 80 million. It is also the longest running Broadway musical of all time and the most financially successful Broadway show in history. 'The Phantom of the Opera' was translated into several languages and was produced in more than twenty countries as "clones" of the original production, using similar staging, direction, costumes concept and sets design. He was knighted Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1992, and was created an honorary life peer in 1997 as Baron Lloyd-Webber, of Syndmonton in the County of Hampshire. He won the 1996 Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song for Evita (1996), and received two more Oscar nominations.

Among his other awards are seven Tonys and three Grammys, including his 1986 Grammy Award for Requiem in the category of best classical composition. In 2006 Andrew Lloyd Webber was Awarded Kennedy Center Honors. He owns seven London theatres, which he also restored. Outside of his entertainment career he developed a passion for collecting Pre-Raphaelite paintings and Victorian art. He was married three times and has five children. He is residing in England. Andrew Lloyd Webber is currently working on his new opera titled 'Master and Margarita' based on the eponymous novel by Mikhail A. Bulgakov . - IMDb Mini Biography By: Steve Shelokhonov Spouse (3) ( 24 July 1972 - 14 November 1983) (divorced) (2 children) Trivia (29) He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1992 Queen's Honours List and awarded Life-Peerage in the 1997 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Music.

Since 1997, he has been Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and can sit in the House of Lords in Parliament in London, England. He sits on the Conservative Party benches and is a longstanding supporter of the party. Started playing the violin aged three. Had written nine musicals by the time he had left school. Has owned a race horse. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 (2000 season) for Best New Musical for "The Beautiful Game." He was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Outstanding Musical Production of 2003 for both "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" and "Tell Me on A Sunday," both performed in London's West End. He was awarded the 2000 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best New Musical for "The Beautiful Game" with Ben Elton at the Cambridge Theatre. Shares birthday with legendary composer Stephen Sondheim . Has won Broadway's Tony Award three times: in 1980, as Best Score (Musical), his music with lyrics by Tim Rice , for "Evita;" in 1983, as Best Score, his music with lyrics by T.S.

Eliot , for "Cats;" and in 1995, as Best Original Musical Score, his music with lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton , for "Sunset Boulevard." He was Tony-nominated eight other times: in 1972, as Best Score, him as Composer and Rice as Lyricist, for "Jesus Christ Superstar;" in 1982, as Best Score, his music with Rice's lyrics, for "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat;" in 1986, as Best Score, with collaborators Black and Richard Maltby Jr.

, for "Song & Dance;" in 1987, as Best Score, his music with lyrics by Richard Stilgoe for "Starlight Express;" in 1988, as Best Book (Musical) with collaborator Stilgoe and Best Score (Musical), with collaborators Stilgoe and Charles Hart for "The Phantom of the Opera;" and in 1990, as Best Score (Musical), his music with lyrics by Black and Hart, and Best Book (Musicl) for "Aspects of Love." Wrote song "It's Easy For You," recorded by Elvis Presley during his last session in October 29, 1976. It was released in Elvis' last album "Moody Blue" in 1977. Awarded Kennedy Center Honors in 2006, with Dolly Parton , Smokey Robinson , Steven Spielberg , and Zubin Mehta . Father, from his first marriage, of Nick Lloyd Webber and author Imogen Lloyd Webber .

Father, from his third marriage, of Alastair Adam (born May 3, 1992), William Richard (born August 24, 1993) and Isabella Aurora (born April 30, 1996). Has written the music for the two longest running Broadway shows in history, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. Older brother of Julian Lloyd Webber . Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1995. Ranked #5 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture". He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 6233 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Webber's 1986 musical "Phantom of the Opera" was inspired by Ken Hill 's 1976 musical version of the same name. Hill's version is credited as the first Phantom musical and was a success. Sarah Brightman , who later created the role of Christine in Webber's version, was famously asked to play the role of Christine in Hill's 1984 revival but turned down the offer.

Webber, who was then married to Brightman, had actually seen Hill's show and asked Hill to collaborate Phantom on a larger scale for the Victoria Palace Theatre in the West End; eventually Webber pursued the musical without Hill. Hill and Webber had previously worked together on a revival of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat". The Sunday Times List estimated his net worth at $1.2 billion. [2009] His musical, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2009 Joseph Jefferson Award for Production of a Musical-Large. His musical, "Cats" at the Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for the 2011 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Production of a Musical. His musical "Cats" was the West End's longest-running musical until "Les Misérables" broke its record in 2006. He was so nervous about the premiere of "The Phantom of the Opera" that he didn't attend the show. Producer Cameron Mackintosh had to find him and bring him back to the theater for the curtain calls.

He considers the crashing of the chandelier in "The Phantom of the Opera" to be the most theatrical moment he's ever conceived. Between 1980 and 1995, four of his musicals - "Evita", "Cats", "The Phantom of the Opera", and "Sunset Boulevard" - won the Tony Award for Best Musical. His musical, "Cats" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2003 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Musical Production. His musical, "Jesus Christ Superstar," at the Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2015 Joseph Jefferson Non-Equity Award for Musical Production. Attended the wedding of media mogul Rupert Murdoch to former model Jerry Hall in 2016. "The Phantom of the Opera" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 2004 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Touring Production. Personal Quotes (11) There is a recommendation that schools spend a certain amount of time teaching music but it really depends on whether the teachers believe in it.

In some primary and secondary schools there is no musical provision at all but other well-resourced schools have plenty. In reference to singer/actress Emmy Rossum : "She is a wonderfully pure soprano, with an exceptional range. But more than this she also brings real character into the voice - so rare for her age." If you're a composer you do want to know how people are reacting to it but at the same time, of course, the performer is the most important thing. I'm a composer and therefore I know when I've written a good tune. When you've written a good song is when you know that the lyric is completely coalesced with the song. Sometimes I think I've written melodies that may have got a bit buried because maybe the lyric hasn't worked with the song. Sometimes, actually, it's the other way around. When you're writing for musical theatre the story comes first. If the story's right then the songs will probably come right. You're the luckiest person in the entire world if you know what you really want to do, which I was lucky enough to know when I was very young. And you're the luckiest person in the world if you can then make a living out of it.

I have lived and worked in Britain all my life. Not even in the dark days of penal Labour taxation in the Seventies did I have any intention of leaving the country of my birth. Despite a rumour put around some years back, I have never contemplated leaving Britain for tax reasons. More than ever before we need to keep high-flying professionals in the UK. We can't, as we have done in the past, dump on them through penal personal taxation. Of course we know that there have been some shocking excesses in the City of London. But for years we have also had drummed into us that the City of London proudly took over from manufacturing as the UK's main source of income. New Labour rejoiced in the fruits of the excesses of the bankers. Of course, with hindsight, their bonuses were obscene. But New Labour gratefully taxed them. The regrets in the theatre have always been the shows that you know ought to have worked, but for one reason of another haven't. I suppose if I had one regret it's that I would have loved to have had a long-term partner like Rodgers had with either Hart or Hammerstein.

I was really hoping that the Tim Rice relationship would have gone on, but I'm obsessed with theatre and for Tim it's something that he does enjoy doing, is very good at, but it isn't his whole life as it is with me. What strikes me is that there's a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference. A really good example of that is design and 'Love Never Lies'. The London production didn't have any consistency of style, so it would go from say, art nouveau to art deco, to straightforward, old-fashioned showbiz. The Australian production had its own language. It was at one with the piece. [on composing songs] I've sometimes found that they've taken a while, but then you get the ones where it's so obvious that you think 'that must have been done before', so you go through agonies and get musicologists and people to look at them. [observation, 2013] In the last few years, everything seems to have gone slightly away from music and more toward the comedy musicals, the 'Hairsprays' and 'The Book of Mormons'.

I just don't know if there's a public for something now which is much more serious and is old-fashioned, in the sense that it is melodic. See also Andrew Lloyd Webber - Songwriter - Biography.com Andrew Lloyd Webber Composer. Andrew Lloyd Webber is an English composer known for such musical theater hits as Cats, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Phantom of the Opera. IN THESE GROUPS Famous British People Synopsis Andrew Lloyd Webber has created some of the most recognizable Broadway music of all time—from Cats to Evita to The Phantom of the Opera—along the way collecting a variety of honors, including knighthood, seven Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award and the Kennedy Center Honors Award. Songs from his musicals have gone on to wide popularity offstage as well, and his theater production company, the Really Useful Group, is one of the largest operating in London. Early Years Andrew Lloyd Webber was born on March 22, 1948, in London. His father was the director of the London College of Music, his mother was a piano teacher and his younger brother, Julian, is a renowned cellist, so one might say that he was born with musical blood running through his veins.

A true prodigy, early in life Lloyd Webber played the piano, the violin (at age 3) and the French horn, and began writing his own music (at age 6). Following his childhood dream of becoming England’s chief inspector of ancient monuments, in 1965 Lloyd Webber entered Westminster School as a Queen’s Scholar and began a course in history at Magdalen College, Oxford. His true calling pulled him in another direction, however, and he dropped out in the winter of 1965 to study at the Royal College of Music and explore his interest in musical theater. That same year, when he was 17 years old, Lloyd Webber received a letter from 21-year-old law student Tim Rice. It read, in full: “Dearest Andrew, I’ve been told you’re looking for a ‘with it’ writer of lyrics for your songs, and as I’ve been writing pop songs for a while and particularly enjoy writing the lyrics, I wonder if you consider it worth your while meeting me. Tim Rice.” Lloyd Webber found something in that letter that interested him, and thus began the long collaboration of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Musical evolution In 1965, Lloyd Webber and Rice began working on their first musical, The Likes of Us, which didn’t reach the stage at the time. They were soon commissioned to write a religious concert, and over the next two months, the pair crafted a 20-minute “pop-cantata” version of what would one day become Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, a retelling of the biblical story of Joseph. The play debuted on March 1, 1968, and was an immediate success. With each performance, Joseph got bigger and better, ending up with a two-hour run time. Sticking with a biblical theme, the pair’s next project was Jesus Christ Superstar (1971), presenting pop music in classical operatic form. Jesus began the Lloyd Webber-Rice tradition of recording an album’s worth of music first and then producing the play from it. Lloyd Webber next teamed up with British playwright Alan Ayckbourn on Jeeves (1974), which found little success, and so in 1976 Rice and Lloyd Webber reunited to create Evita as a concept album.

The song “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” was a hit, propelling the popularity of the musical, which hit the London stage in 1978. It moved to Broadway the following year. Critical Acclaim The 1980s saw the end of the Rice-Lloyd Webber collaboration, but it also marked Lloyd Webber’s blockbuster era. First up was Cats, based on the poetry of T.S. Eliot. Cats opened in London in 1981 and became the longest-running musical in that city’s history, running for 21 years. On Broadway, Cats ran for 18 years. Starlight Express followed Cats, and while it didn’t wow the critics, it has remained popular with audiences and is still staged in various venues. Lloyd Webber’s next hit, and his biggest to date, was The Phantom of the Opera, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra by Gaston Leroux. Phantom debuted in London in 1986 and has gone on to be the longest-running Broadway show in history. It celebrated its 10,000th performance on Broadway on February 11, 2012.

Mixed Reviews The 1990s saw the release of various Lloyd Webber productions, including Sunset Boulevard (1994), a film version of Cats (1998) and Whistle Down the Wind (1998). None of these works were hits, and Whistle was a downright disaster, having its Broadway run canceled before it began after a dismal opening in Washington, DC. An album of covers from the musical was released, however, and the song “No Matter What,” recorded by Boyzone, went on to become an international smash. The 21st century found Andrew Lloyd Webber writing and producing several works, among them The Beautiful Game (2000), Bombay Dreams (2002), The Woman in White (2004), The Sound of Music (2006), the star of which was discovered via a reality TV show, and Love Never Dies (2010), a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. All of these works, as most of Lloyd Webber’s musicals seem to, received mixed reviews from critics, and none could duplicate the success the composer had found previously.

In 2011, Lloyd Webber unveiled a musical theater version of The Wizard of Oz. The lead was again plucked from a reality TV show, and the production once again opened to a mixed critical reception. Personal Life and Awards Andrew Lloyd Webber has been married three times and has five children. His hard work and success has made him one of the 100 richest individuals in Great Britain, with his wealth exceeding the $1 billion mark. He currently owns six London theaters, including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the London Palladium, and the production company Really Useful Group, one of the largest in London. He also founded the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation to “promote the arts, culture and heritage for the public benefit.” His awards include seven Tonys, three Grammys (including Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem), seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, two International Emmys, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre and the Kennedy Center Honors Award. He was knighted in 1992 and created an honorary life peer in 1997. Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness.

If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us ! Citation Information Lloyd Webber, Andrew Encyclopedia > People > Literature and the Arts > Music: History, Composers, and Performers: Biographies Andrew Lloyd Webber Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948–, British theatrical composer. A member of a successful musical family, he began composing musicals as a teenager; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1968) was an early work done in collaboration with the lyricist Tim Rice. Lloyd Webber's spectacular string of hit musicals beginning in the 1970s helped transform London into the major center for new musicals. His scores include those for Jesus Christ, Superstar (1971), his first major success, also in collaboration with Rice; Evita (1978), a fictional biography of Eva Perón ; The Phantom of the Opera (1986; Tony); Aspects of Love (1989); Sunset Boulevard (1993; Tony); and The Woman in White (2004), based on the classic Wilkie Collins suspense novel. His show Cats (1981), based on poems by T. S.

Eliot , was the longest-running production in Broadway history until The Phantom of the Opera set a new record in 2006. Lloyd Webber was knighted in 1992 and created a life peer (Baron Lloyd-Webber of Sydmonton) in 1997. In 2000 he purchased 10 London theaters and variety halls, which, when added to the three he already owned, made him the dominant owner in the world's largest theatrical district. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. British and Other Honours in Music British and Other Honours in Music French Honours Introduction Musicians have been honored by sovereigns and states for centuries (see some early examples ). The transformation or creation of orders of knighthood as orders of merit has increased opportunities to reward or distinguish musicians, both composers and performers. This page records some of these honors bestowed on musicians. This page was originally concerned only with British honors. I will extend it to other countries over time, but presently the British section is the most complete.

British Honours Here is a listing of some British composers and musicians who earned knighthoods, baronetcies and peerages. The first musician to be knighted in Britain seems to be Stevenson in 1803, although the Penguin Dictionary of Music says Henry Bishop was "the first musician to receive knighthood at the hands of a British sovereign". From the looks of it, composers were at least as frequently honored as conductors, if not more, and the practice began somewhat earlier for composers. Sir Thomas Beecham was knighted on Jan 1, 1916, and inherited his father's baronetcy (which was 2 years old) in October 1916. So he wasn't even an heir when he "came into the business". I added RVW: it is said that he turned down knighthood but accepted the Order of Merit. Britten also turned down knighthoods repeatedly, but did accept a life peerage. Corrections and additions welcome, of course. In particular, if anyone knows the coat of arms of Elgar, Britten or Menuhin, I'd be delighted. Elgar had no male heirs so the baronetcy became extinct with him.

Britten's title was a life peerage, as was Menuhin's. Concerning Period Instruments conductors: Roger Norrington was the first, and currently the only one to be knighted in 1997. Christopher Hogwood (b. 1941) was made CBE in 1989, John Eliot Gardiner (b. 1943) and Roger Norrington (b. 1934) in 1990, and Trevor Pinnock (b. 1946) in 1992. We can expect a slew of historically informed knights within a few years. Other conductors include Andrew Davis (b. 1944) CBE 1992. On the composer side, neither John Tavener, Gavin Bryars, Brian Ferneyhough or Alexander Goehr have yet been made CBE. composers Sir John Stevenson (1761-1833), kt. 1803 (in Ireland) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1786-1855), kt. 1842 Sir Julius Benedict (1804-85), kt.

1871 Sir George Elvey (1816-93), kt. 1871 Sir William Stendale Bennett (1816-75), kt. 1871 Sir George Alexander Macfarren (1813-87), kt. 1883 Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), kt. 1883 Sir William Cusins (1833-93), kt. 1892 Sir William Parratt (1841-1921), kt. 1892, CVO 1917, KCVO 1921 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847-1935), kt. 1895, KCVO 1922 Sir J. Frederick Bridge (1844-1924), kt. 1897 Sir Hubert Parry (1844-1918), kt.

1898, bt 1902, CVO 1905 Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), kt 1902 Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), kt. 1911, OM 1911, GCVO 1933, bt 1931 Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), DBE 1922 Sir Walford Davies (1869-1941), OBE 1919, kt. 1922, KCVO 1937 Sir Landon Ronald (1873-1938), kt. 1922 Sir Hamilton Harty (1880-1941), kt 1925 Sir Edward German (1862-1936), kt. 1928 Sir Arthur Somervell (1863-1937), kt.

1929 Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1946), kt 1930 Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), OM 1935 Sir Percy Buck (1871-1947), kt. 1937 Sir Arnold Bax (1883-1953), kt 1937, KCVO 1953 Sir George Dyson (1883-1964), kt. 1942 Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975), kt 1950, KCVO 1969, CH 1971 Sir William Walton (1902-83), kt 1951, OM 1968 Sir William H.

Harris (1883-1973), KCVO 1954 Sir Michael Tippett (1905-98), CBE 1959, kt 1966, CH 1979, OM 1983 Sir Lennox Berkeley (1903-89), CBE 1957, kt. 1974 Baron Britten of Aldeburgh (1913-76), cr. 1976 Benjamin Britten, CH 1957, OM 1965 Sir George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987), kt 1982 Dame Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-94), CBE 1977, DBE 1987 Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (b. 1934), CBE 1981, kt 1987 Sir Harrison Birtwistle (b. 1934), kt.

1988, CH 2000 Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991), kt 1991 Baron Webber (b. 1948), cr. 1997 Andrew Lloyd Webber, kt 1992 Sir Malcolm Arnold (1920-2006), CBE 1970, kt 1993 Sir John Manduell (b. 1928), CBE ?, kt ? Sir James Paul McCartney (b. 1942), MBE 1965, kt 1997 Sir Elton John (b. 1947), kt 1997 Sir Richard Bennett (b. 1936), CBE 1977, kt 1998 Sir John Tavener (b. 1944), kt 1999 conductors Sir George Smart (1776-1867), kt 1811 (in Ireland) Sir Michael Costa (1810-84), kt. 1869 Sir Charles Halle (1819-95), kt.

1888 Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896), kt. 1892 Sir Henry Wood (1869-1944), kt. 1911, CH 1944 Sir George Henschel (1850-1934), kt. 1914 Sir Thomas Beecham (1877-1961), kt. 1916, 2d bt 1916, CH Sir Adrian Boult (1889-1983), kt. 1937, CH 1969 Sir Malcolm Sargent (1897-1965), kt. 1947 Sir John Barbirolli (1899-1970), kt. 1949, CH 1969 Sir Eugene Goossens (1893-1962), kt. 1955 Baron Menuhin of Stoke d'Abernon (1916-99), cr.

1993 Yehudi Menuhin, KBE(hon) 1965, OM 1987, British cit. 1985 Sir F. Vivian Dunn (b. 1908), KCVO 1969 Sir Georg Solti (1912-97), CBE 1968, KBE(hon) 1971, British cit. 1972 Sir Charles Groves (1915-92), CBE 1958, kt 1973 Eugen Ormandy (1899-1985, American), hon. KBE 1976 Sir Alexander Gibson (b. 1926), CBE 1967, kt. 1977 Sir Charles Mackerras (b. 1925), CBE 1974, kt. 1979, CH 2003 Sir John Pritchard (1921-89), CBE 1962, kt. 1983 Antal Dorati (1906-88, American), hon.

KBE 1984 Sir Reginald Goodall (1901-90), CBE 1975, kt. 1985 Bernard Haitink (b. 1929, Dutch), hon. KBE 1977, hon. CH 2002 Sir Colin Davis (b. 1927), CBE 1965, kt. 1980, CH 2001 Sir Neville Marriner (b. 1924), CBE 1979, kt. 1985 Sir David Willcocks (b. 1919), CBE 1971, kt. 1987 Mstislav Rostropovich (b. 1927, Swiss), hon. KBE 1987 Sir Edward Downes (1924-2009), CBE 1986, kt. 1991 Sir Simon Rattle (b. 1955), CBE 1987, kt. 1994 Libor Pe�ek (b. 1933, Czech), hon.

KBE 1996 André Previn (b. 1929, American), hon. KBE 1996 Sir Roger Norrington (b. 1934), CBE 1990, kt. 1997 Sir John Eliot Gardiner (b. 1943), CBE 1990, kt. 1998 Sir Andrew Davis (b. 1944), kt. 1999 vocalists Sir Charles Santley (1834-1922), kt 1907 (also commander of St. Gregory, 1887) Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931), DBE 1918, GBE 1927 Sir Harry Lauder (1870-1950) kt.

1919 (for war recuriting efforts) Dame Clara Butt (1873-1936), DBE 1920 (for charitable activities) Dame Emma Albani [Emma Lajeunesse] (1852-1930), DBE 1925 Sir Henry A. Lytton (1865-1936), kt. 1930 Sir Steuart Wilson (1889-1966), kt 1948 Dame Maggie Teyte (1888-1976), DBE 1958 Dame Eva Turner (1892-1990), DBE 1962 Sir Geraint Evans (1922-1992), kt 1971 Dame Joan Hammond (1912-1996), DBE 1974 Dame Vera Lynn (b. 1917), OBE 1969, DBE 1975 Dame Janet Baker (b.

1933), CBE 1970, DBE 1976, CH 1994 Dame Isobel Baillie (1895-1983), CBE 1951, DBE 1978 Sir Peter Pears (1910-1986), CBE 1957, kt 1978 Dame Gracie Fields (1898-1979), CBE 1938 [first variety performer], DBE 1978 Dame Joan Sutherland (b. 1926), CBE 1961, AC 1975, DBE 1979, OM 1991 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (b. 1944), OBE 1973, DBE 1982, ONZ 1995 Dame Gwyneth Jones (b. 1936), CBE 1976, DBE 1986 Sir Donald McIntyre (b.

1934), CBE 1985, kt 1992 Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915-2006), DBE 1992 (widow of British citizen) Dame Margaret Price (b. 1941), CBE 1982, DBE 1993 Dame Josephine Barstow (b. 1940), CBE 1985, DBE 1995 Dame Felicity Lott (b. 1947), CBE 1990, DBE 1996 Sir Thomas Allen (b. 1944), CBE 1989, kt. 1999 Dame Shirley Bassey (b. 1937), CBE 1993, DBE 2000 Dame Clio Laine (b.

1927), DBE 1997 instrumentalists Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-87) in 1756 Ditters von Dittersdorf, Carl (1739-99), in 1770 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91), on July 5, 1770 Esser, Michael, Ritter von (1737-c1795), violinist, in 1772 Vogler, Georg Joseph (1749-1814), by Pius VI Gallini, Giovanni Andrea Battista (1728-1805), dancer [uncertain] Friberth, Carl (1736-1816), tenor and composer, in 1796 [uncertain] Apell [Capelli], David August von (1754-1832), in 1800 by Pius VII for a mass he wrote Paganini, Nicolò (1782-1840), in 1825 Rastrelli, Joseph (1799-

1842), in 1828 Order of Saint-Gregory the Great Santley, Sir Charles (1834-1922), in 1887 (commander) Gastou�, Am�d�e (1873-1943), musicologist, in 1908 Berkeley, Lennox Sir (1903-89), in 1973 Peeters, Flor (1903-86) composer and organist, in 1958 (commander) Toebosch, Louis (b.

1916) composer and organist, in 1965 Order of Saint-Silvester Prosper-Charles Simon (1788-1866), organist, 1854 Undetermined Papal Honors Robert Wagner (1914-92), choral conductor, in 1966 William Ferris (d. 2003), conductor, in 1989 French Honors Under the Old Regime, the two main distinctions bestowed on musicians were ennoblement and the Ordre de Saint-Michel. Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764): ennobled Dec 1763, knighted in 1764 (Saint-Michel) Francoeur, knighted 1760 or 1764 (Saint-Michel).

Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747): his son was ennobled, knighted (St-Michel) in 1760 After 1789 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Lloyd Webber: King of the stage Lloyd Webber: King of the stage Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical The Woman in White has arrived in the West End. Lord Lloyd-Webber was made a life peer in 1997 The figure behind international stage hits such as Cats and The Phantom of the Opera is UK theatre's most important individual. That is according to The Stage newspaper, which named him the most influential man in UK theatre for the fourth year in a row. Lloyd Webber's incomparable CV includes Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Starlight Express, Aspects of Love, The Phantom of the Opera... He wrote the music and worked with a number of lyricists - notably Sir Tim Rice. Lloyd Webber also produced the recent West End stage hit Bombay Dreams - whose importance to the struggling London theatre scene "cannot be underestimated", according to one expert.

"It's that combination of creative talent and the industry side of things that puts him ahead," said Jeremy Austin, news editor of The Stage. LLOYD WEBBER'S GREATEST HITS 1968 - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 1971 - Jesus Christ Superstar 1984 - Starlight Express 1986 - The Phantom of the Opera "He's involved in just about every aspect of the theatre. We looked at things closely this year and it's really about his international influence and fame - and his composing." The multi-award winning Lord Lloyd-Webber, aged 55, is a shareholder in Really Useful Theatres which owns 13 West End theatres. The Really Useful Group, the entertainment company he founded in 1977, is also involved in film, TV, video and concert productions, merchandising, magazine publishing, records and music publishing. The company also looks after ticketing, through its agency See. Cats was one of the composer's biggest shows Bombay Dreams, the musical set in India, took more than ï¿½10m in a six-month West End run, despite mixed reviews.

It was the latest in a wealth of successes for the composer. Starlight Express closed in 2001 after more than 7,000 performances during an 18-year run, while Cats - the West End's longest-running musical - bowed out after 21 years. Phantom of the Opera has been hailed as the single biggest entertainment success of the 20th Century, with worldwide box office sales of ï¿½1.8bn, exceeding takings for films such as Titanic and Star Wars. A film version of The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Phone Booth director Joel Schumacher, is also in the pipeline. The Woman in White has brought Michael Crawford back to the West End, and is based on Wilkie Collins' classic novel with lyrics by David Zippel. Lloyd Webber has an extensive collection of Pre-Raphaelite art It only came about after Lloyd Webber admitted in a TV interview two years ago that he was not working on any new projects - and appealed to viewers for ideas. Calls flooded in - and Lloyd Webber was attracted to the message that suggested the hit 1860 melodramatic love story.

Big things are expected of it after the relative commercial disappointments of recent compositions such as The Beautiful Game and Whistle Down the Wind. Lord Lloyd-Webber has been honoured with all of the entertainment world's major awards, including an Oscar for the song You Must Love Me from Evita. He has also won seven Tonys, three Grammys, six Oliviers, a Golden Globe and an International Emmy. Bombay Dreams took more than ï¿½10m in the West End Knighted in 1992 and made an honorary life peer in 1997, Lord Lloyd-Webber has a personal fortune estimated at ï¿½400m. Outside the theatre, his great love is art. Last year he displayed his multi-million pound Pre-Raphaelite collection in an exhibition at London's Royal Academy. He plans to leave the collection to the nation on his death. In 1994 he founded the Open Churches Trust to promote the opening of locked, vandal-hit churches for public viewing. It has funded attendants at almost 200 churches of all denominations around the UK.

Alongside his contemporary Cameron Mackintosh, he has been outspoken about the future of the West End, predicting a potential crisis if steps are not taken to improve traffic congestion, poor transport and fear of street crime. He recently told the House of Lords that commercial theatres could not compete with the kind of grants being given out to subsidised venues. Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber Biography British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber was born into a musical family on March 22, 1948. (Both his parents taught at the Royal Conservatory, and his younger brother Julian is a concert cellist.) Andrew's musical activities began at age three with violin lessons, later to be augmented with viola and piano studies. His aunt Vi influenced his early interest in musical theater by taking him to performances of productions such as My Fair Lady, South Pacific and the film Gigi. With her encouragement he began writing musical theater compositions for the small stage he built at home, and soon was composing musical plays for his Westminster School student productions. Lloyd Webber enrolled at Oxford University at age 16 to study music, but dropped out a year later after meeting 21 year old lyricist Tim Rice, with whom he collaborated on several early musicals.

Their first success was the 15 minute rock musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, commissioned by the music director of a small preparatory school in London. This score was later expanded into a full two-hour London stage version. Subsequent smash hit productions included Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, which were also made into films. Webber worked with a number of other lyricists in later shows. Cats opened in 1981, with lyricist Trevor Nunn working the poetry of T.S.Eliot into the play's popular, singable songs. Cats turned out to be the all-time biggest moneymaker and longest-running production in musical theater history. Nearly as succsessful, his The Phantom of the Opera opened in 1986, with Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe writing the lyrics; its film version premiered in late 2004. Lloyd Webber continues to collaborate with a wide range of lyricists, and runs a production company, The Really Useful Group, based in London. He has also composed several pieces for his cellist brother, as well as a Requiem at the time of his father's death.

His most recent work, The Woman in White, opened on the West End in 2004 to enthusiastic acclaim. His successes have been recognized by many awards -- seven Tonys, six Oliviers, three Grammys, a Golden Globe, and an Oscar -- for his film scores. He was knighted in 1992 and made a Life Peer in 1997. He has been married three times (once to soprano Sarah Brightman, who appeared in several of his shows) and has five children.

Compositions Andrew Lloyd Webber Discography at Discogs Report edited over 4 years ago Some Would Say Andrew Lloyd Webber Was A Musical Genius With A Career Spanning The Decades.Unfortunatley The Mere Sight Of The Man Sends Me Into a State That Resembles The Infected On 28 Weeks Later.Ready Willing And Able To Shove Both Thumbs Into his Eye Sockets Without Hesitation.I`m Paying The Man (Through The Wonders Of The TV Licence) To Turn My Unbearable Cringes Into Absolute Rage Every Saturday Night.His New Masterpiece (The One Where They Are Finding A New Girl From Wizard Of Oz)Sent Me Screaming With Madness At The Telly As I Cringed Further And Further.The Breaking Point Came When One Unlucky Lady Had The Chance To Sing One Last Time With The Rest Of The Girls Looking On With A Tear In Their Eye.Each And Everyone Of Them Doing Their Best Acting/Depressed/Heartbroken Pout Straight Out Of The Webber School Of Performing Crap.We All Know They Are All Off The Stage There Isn`t Going To Be A Suprise Winner!.Rot In Hell Webber AKA Dr Spin.

Question: Which composer of musicals was knighted in 1992 and made a life peer in 1997?
Answer: Andrew Lloyd Webber