Ivor Novello Awards: Duran Duran | Duran Duran Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Ivor Novello Awards: Duran Duran 10,554pages on The Ivor Novello Awards are presented for songwriting and composing, which Duran Duran have won on several occasions. Background Edit The Ivor Novello Awards are named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello and are awards for songwriting and composing. They are presented annually in London (UK) by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and were first introduced in 1955. Nicknamed 'The Ivors', the awards take place each May and are sponsored by PRS for Music and are respected worldwide as the major platform for recognising and rewarding Britain's songwriting and composing talents. The Ivors remain the only award ceremony in the musical calendar that is not influenced by publishers and record companies but judged and presented by the writing community. The Award itself is a solid bronze sculpture of Euterpe, the Muse of lyric poetry. Duran Duran Edit 1994 " Ordinary World " won an Ivor Novello Award in May 1994 .

The song was later included on the PRS 30: Unity Diversity Celebration album, a collection of songs that have won the Ivor Novello Award for The PRS Most Performed Work between 1990 and 2002 . 2005 At a luncheon in the Great Room at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 26 May 2005 , Duran Duran were presented with The PRS Outstanding Contribution to British Music at the 2005 Ivor Novello Awards. The five original band members attended with close friends and family to receive the award. Statement: The Performing Right Society and the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters take great pleasure with presenting Duran Duran with the PRS Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award at the 2005 50th Ivor Novello Awards Ceremony. PRS is proud to have in its gift, the honour of presenting this award which has been in existence from 1978. Previous illustrious recipients include Elvis Costello, Chrissie Hynde, Morrissey, The Small Faces, The Clash, Kate Bush, Bryan Ferry and Errol Brown.

The Chairman and Board of PRS are delighted that Duran Duran receive this award which recognises their unique valued contribution to British music, and their continuing influence on a new generation of songwriters. Amy Winehouse Awards You are › Home / Amy Winehouse Music / Amy Winehouse Awards Amy Winehouse Awards Amy Winehouse has received 23 music awards from 60 nominations during her career. Amy Winehouse awards won total 23. Amy’s award nominations total 60. Amy Winehouse award winning songs have included: Rehab, Stronger Than Me and Love Is A Losing Game. Amy Winehouse Grammy song was Rehab. Rehab won the Grammy’s ‘Record of the Year’ in 2008. Below are the awards Amy Winehouse has been nominated for or won from Wikipedia. Brit Awards The BRIT Awards are the British Phonographic Industry’s (BPI) annual pop music awards. Winehouse received one award from five nominations. Echo Music Awards The Echo Music Awards are granted every year in Germany by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie (an association of recording companies). The Echo Award is the successor to the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis (German Record Award).

Each year’s winner is determined by the previous year’s sales. The winners in the pop category are announced in March, the winners in the classical category in October. Winehouse won two awards from three nominations. Elle Style Awards The Elle Style Awards is an awards ceremony hosted annually by Elle magazine to honor achievement in the fields of style, design, and entertainment. Winehouse received one award from one nomination. Grammy Awards The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. Often considered the highest music honor, the awards were established in 1958. Winehouse received five awards from six nominations. Ivor Novelle Awards The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff-born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. The “Ivors” are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, and were first introduced in 1955. Ceremonies take place each May and are sponsored by PRS for Music (previously The Performing Right Society). They are respected worldwide as the major platform for recognizing and rewarding Britain’s songwriting and composing talents.

The Award itself is a solid bronze sculpture of Euterpe – the muse of lyric poetry. Winehouse received three awards from five nominations. Mercury Prize The Mercury Prize, formerly the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Nationwide Mercury Prize for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom or Ireland. It was established by BPI and BARD (the British Association of Record Dealers) in 1992 as an alternative to the industry-dominated BRIT Awards. The awards usually take place in September, but nominated albums are announced in July. Nominations are chosen by a selected panel of musicians, music executives, journalists and other figures in the music industry in the UK and Ireland. Winehouse received two nominations. Meteor Music Awards The Meteor Music Awards are the national music awards of Ireland, held every year since 2001 and promoted by MCD Productions. Winehouse received one award from one nomination.

MOBO Awards The MOBO Awards (MOBO being an acronym for Music of Black Origin), established in 1995 by Kanya King MBE and Andy Ruffell (former BMX Superstar and DanceStar Awards founder who left after the show peaked in 2001), are held annually in the United Kingdom to recognize artists of any race or nationality performing black music. Winehouse received one award from six nominations. MOJO Awards MOJO Awards are awarded by the popular British music magazine, Mojo, published monthly by Bauer. Winehouse received one award from three nominations. MTV Europe Music Awards The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Originally an alternative to the American MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards is today a popular celebration of what MTV viewers consider the best in music. Most of the awards are voted for by the viewers. The awards are presented annually and broadcast live on MTV Europe, MTV and most of the international MTV channels as well as online. Winehouse received one award from four nominations.

MTV Video Music Awards The MTV Video Music Awards were established in the end of the summer of 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. Originally beginning as an alternative to the Grammy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards is now a respected pop culture awards show in its own right. Normally known as the Best Female Video category, in 2007 the title was briefly changed to Female Artist of the Year. Winehouse received three nominations. mtvU Woodie Awards mtvU is a division of MTV Networks that broadcasts a 24-hour television channel that is available on more than 750 college and university campuses across the United States. A Viacom-owned channel, mtvU provides an alternative to standard music television for college students, and gives advertisers and music promotion companies access to college-age viewers, a valuable but traditionally difficult-to-reach demographic group. mtvU also has its own annual awards show, the mtvU Woodie Awards, where winners are determined by online voting. Winehouse was nominated once. NME Awards The NME Awards are an annual music awards show founded by the music magazine NME. Winehouse received two awards from six nominations.

NRJ Music Awards Awards - Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler Over the years, Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler received various awards, ranging from MTV awards, Grammy's, BRIT awards and other special awards and recognitions. This page is dedicated to these special occasions. Of course, Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler also received numerous golden en platinum albums, but that's too many to mention here. And allthough this are great awards for sales recognition, I decided to only include awards and recognitions that are not necessary connected with record sales unless the award is really special. I only included the actual won awards, not all nominations. Furthermore, Mark Knopfler had the honour to present some awards to fellow musicians himself which are also included in this special Awards-section. If you have additional photos to make the page more complete, I would be happy to receive them. Many thanks and enjoy the modest overview below. Awards & recognition for Mark Knopfler Year Date: 19th April 1984 Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London UK The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing.

They are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and were first introduced in 1955. The Ivors remain the only award ceremony in the musical calendar that is not influenced by publishers and record companies but judged and presented by the writing community. The award itself is a solid bronze sculpture of Euterpe, the Muse of lyric poetry. Mark Knopfler won an Ivor Novello Award at the 29th Annual Ivor Novello Awards for Best film theme or song (Going Home). The Ivor Novello Award (not Mark's actual one): Date: February 1986 Venue: unknown location, UK BPI stands for British Phonographic Industry. The BPI Awards were broadcasted on TV in February 1986. Dire Straits could not collect the award themselves as the band was in Australia by then for the last leg of their Brothers in arms world tour. Mark Knopfler asked Hank B. Marvin to receive the award on behalf of Dire Straits which he did.

On the broadcast, you could see Dire Straits on a pre-recorded video sitting around a piano in Australia and Mark thanked the viewers for voting Dire Straits as Best British Group. Then Hank came on to accept the award. He gave a small speech in which he clearly showed his appreciation for the band ".. who have made it throughout the world on talent, on the strength of their music, on the quality of their music. So, long live Dire Straits, thank you on their behalf." Date: 25th February 1986 Venue: Venue Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA A Grammy Award (originally called Gramophone Award) — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The annual awards ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a widely viewed televised ceremony. It is the music equivalent to the Emmy Awards for television, and the Academy Awards for film. The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honor musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958.

The 28th Grammy Awards were held on 25th February 1986. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year, 1985. Dire Straits won a grammy for Money for nothing in the category Best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal. Screenshot from the Money for nothing video clip and Dire Straits live in action at Wembley Arena 10th July 1985: At the same Grammy Award ceremony from 1986, two more Gammy's were won which are related to Mark Knopfler: Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler won a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance (Cosmic square dance). The song is originally featured on Atkins' album Stay Tuned, released in 1985. Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins: And producer / enigineer Neil Dorfsman won a Grammy for Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical (Brothers in arms).

Neil Dorfsman and Mark Knopfler in the control room of Air Studios Montserrat during the recording sessions of the Brothers in arms album: Date: 5th September 1986 Venue: The Palladium, New York, USA This was the third annual MTV Video Music Awards 1986. Mark Knopfler won two awards during the show in New York. One for best group video and one for best music video. Both for the Money for nothing video clip. This was the first video played on MTV Europe. The network went on the air 1st August 1987, six years after MTV in the US. The innovative video was one of the first to feature computer generated animation. The characters were supposed to have more detail, like buttons on their shirts, but they used up the budget and had to leave it as is. After winning the second award and Mark was asked what he was going to do with them, he said they would make "cool bookends". The separate picture of the award shows the actual award that was given to manager Ed Bicknell.

Date: 9th February 1987 Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London, UK The Brit Awards (stylized as the BRIT Awards; often simply called the Brits) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust. At the 6th Annual Brit Awards, Dire Straits won a Brit Award for Best British Album (Brothers in arms). Mark Knopfler received the award from Robert Plant in the category "Best British album". Mark is notable surprised that he is the winner since this Brit Awards was held in 1987 and the album Brothers in arms is from 1985. Date: 30th September 1987 Venue: London, UK The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (commonly known as ASCAP) is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly.

ASCAP collects licensing fees from users of music created by ASCAP members, then distributes them back to its members as royalties. In effect, the arrangement is the product of a compromise: when a song is played, the user does not have to pay the copyright holder directly, nor does the music creator have to bill a radio station for use of a song. ASCAP honors its top members in a series of annual awards gala in London, England. Mark Knopfler won three ASCAP awards at the 7th ASCAP award gala. Mark won the awards for the songs So far away, Money for nothing and Walk of life. Below a small newspaper article: Date: 1988 Venue: unknown, UK The following is taken from a Dutch magazine in February 1989: "Brothers in arms was released in 1985 and is now 177 weeks in the LP list. This sixth and best sold Dire Straits album received four times platinum status. Over 400.000 copies were sold in The Netherlands of which 150.000 on CD format.

To celebrate this record of sold CD's, Phonogram created a special CD-award in the shape of a Dobro guitar. The presentation of the award to Mark Knopfler recently took place in the UK. Mark gratefully received the guitar from Jan Corduwener, director of Phonogram BV." Left to right in the front: Jan Corduwener and Mark Knopfler. In the back: Hein van de Ree (director of Phonogram UK), Ed Bicknell (manager Dire Straits) and Dries van der Schuyt (promotion manager Phonogram BV. This guitar (made out of glass) was the award to commemorate the first 3.000.000 copies worldwide of the Brothers in arms album on CD-format. Date: April 1989 Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London UK The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and were first introduced in 1955.

The Ivors remain the only award ceremony in the musical calendar that is not influenced by publishers and record companies but judged and presented by the writing community. The award itself is a solid bronze sculpture of Euterpe, the Muse of lyric poetry. At the 34th Annual Ivor Novello Awards, Dire Straits won an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding contribution to British music. A bit of a strange moment as Dire Straits did not release any album or were on tour by that time. Still, great recognition for sure! The Ivor Novello Award (not Dire Straitsï¿½ actual one): 1989 - Wax figure at Rock Circus & Madame Tussauds Not really an award but great recognition for sure! At the end of 1989, Mark Knopfler got his own wax figure by Madame Tussauds at the London Pavilion Piccadilly Rock Circus exhibition in London. The exhibition was opened in 1989 by Jason Donovan and closed completely in September 2001. Visitors walked around the exhibition wearing headphones which used infra-red technology to beam relevant audio material according to what you were looking at.

The centrepiece of the exhibition was a 'live' show performed by a series of lifelike animatronic figures, looking at the history of Rock music from 1950 to the present day. The audience sat in an auditorium which rotated to view the various stages. The wax figures that made up the exhibition could take up to six months to create at a cost at the time of around ï¿½30,000. The animatronic figures could take up to a year and cost again at the time ï¿½100,000 each. In 1998, I was in London and visited Rock Circus and of course took a few photos. Mark Knopfler stands in a Brothers in arms scenery with a golden record for the Money for nothing compilation album hanging next to him on the wall and also his handprint could be found there. Mark Knopfler's hand print with signature: Here is a picture taken by someone else: In July 1998, while walking towards Wembley Stadium, I noticed various British popstars on a wall made out of tiles.

Has nothing to do with the wax figure of course but it's funny to see that Mark's figure is pictured in the same clothes as the wax figure: Years later (after Rock Circus in London was closed), I visited Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam and again found Mark's wax figure over there. The scenery was completely changed but the figure looked the same. Unsure if they made more copies of the wax figure or that the figure was transferred from London to Amsterdam after Rock Circus was closed. Here are some pictures of Madame Tussauds building in Amsterdam and the wax figure that was showed there: Date: 20th February 1991 Venue: Radio City Music Hall, New York, USA In November 1990, the collaboration album Neck and neck was released by Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins. A few months later at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards in New York, Mark and Chet won two Grammy Awards : one for Best Country Vocal Collaboration (Poor boy blues) and one for Best Country Instrumental Performance (So soft your goodbye).

I have a video from Nashville Now (1991, exact date unknown) where you can see that Chet Atkins gets his own street name "Chet Atkins PL" in Nashville. During the ceremony unveiling the street name, many of Chet's closest friends were present, including Mark Knopfler. As an extra surprise, Mark and Chet received Grammys there for Neck and Neck. In the show they called it "an uncollected bonus" so most likely this are the Grammys that were won but not collected in New York, 20th February 1991. The screenshots below are taken from that event: Date: 2nd June 1996 Venue: Schiedamsedijk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands After the great years of Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler visited The Netherlands again in 1996 on his first solo tour. On 2nd June 1996, when Mark was in Rotterdam to play at the Ahoy, he had the honour to become one of the stars on the Dutch Walk of Fame, originally located at the Schiedamsedijk, Rotterdam. This Walk of Fame is the largest in Europe, counting 235 tiles.

Unfortunately, in February 2010 it was decided that the Walk of Fame will become smaller and to situated between Ahoy and Zuidplein. For the relocation and refurbishment, the municipality of Rotterdam has 60.000 Euros available, just enough for 50 tiles. All other 185 tiles will be auctioned, incuding the tile of Mark Knopfler. The original Walk of Fame at the Schiedamsedijk: Mark Knopfler's tile: Date: January 2001 Location: Mahajanga Basin, near the village of Berivotra, northwestern Madagascar Masiakasaurus was a small predatory theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. It was named in 2001 by Scott D. Sampson, Matthew Carrano, and Catherine A. Forster. The name of the new dinosaur is derived from "masiaka", the Malagasy word for “vicious” and "sauros", which is Greek for “lizard.” That makes the name "vicious lizard". Knopfleri honors musician Mark Knopfler, lead singer of Dire Straits.

The reason for the reference to Knopfler is two-pronged. First, to help pass the time excavating fossils under the baking Malagasy sun, expedition crews played and enjoyed a great deal of Knopfler's music. Second, and perhaps more significantly, his music appeared to have an additional, unanticipated effect-it brought good fortune in the hunt for fossils. Whenever Knopfler's music was played in the quarry, crew members seemed to uncover more bones of Masiakasaurus. Although naming a dinosaur after a musician is hardly standard paleontological practice -indeed this is likely a first- the expedition crew thought the decision to be entirely appropriate. As Sampson puts it, "Finding fossils entails a heavy dose of serendipity, and we'll take good luck any way we can get it!" Masiakasaurus knopfleri had an estimated adult body length of around 2 meters and lived around 70 million years ago. It had a long neck and tail, walked on two feet, and weighed about 35 kilograms. But the most unique feature of the newly discovered Masiakasaurus knopfleri is its teeth, some of which protruded from its jaw almost horizontally.

The excavation site in Madagascar: The actual remains of Masiakasaurus knopfleri: In 2001, Martin Guitars made the HD-40 MK Signature Edition on which all the songs for The ragpicker’s dream were written by Mark Knopfler. Nice detail of this Martin guitar is that the neck block has laser-etched dinosaur Masiakasaurus knopfleri on it: Date: 4th December 2001 Location: Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK Mark Knopfler paid a visit to Newcastle University to to formally open the department’s brand new recording and practice facilities at the university's Department of Music. The University has invested more than ï¿½500,000 to create four new recording studios fully equipped with the latest in digital mixing and recording facilities, three advanced work stations and five practice rooms. Knopfler said: "By investing in these up-to-the-minute facilities, the University is giving its students a chance to combine their talent and creativity as performers with a sound knowledge of production and recording technology involved in the music industry.

It's fantastic to see this very tangible demonstration of the University’s commitment to ensuring that its students have a head start in one of the fastest-moving and most demanding industries in the world", he added. The new facilities consist of a suite of five practice rooms and three work stations which have been converted from a derelict store room; an old, disused laboratory which has been renovated to provide accommodation for two Studios each with its own separate control room; and the existing Hopkins Studio, in the basement of the University’s King’s Hall, which has been divided to create a new studio plus a suite of workstations for student beginners. During the visit, Mark Knopfler toured the new facilities and saw them in use, and talked to students and staff from the Department of Music. Newcastle University’s Music Department, which has a long history of training classical musicians, is now making a name for itself as one of the fastest-expanding departments in the UK for pop music studies, including performance and technology based production, and also boasts the only Folk and Traditional Music degree in England. So, this is opening is not really an award, but certainly great recognition for Mark to open this special Department of Music.

On the right photo you can see Mark Knopfler with the head of the Department of Music, Professor Richard Middletonar. Date: 6th March 2003 Venue: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, The Netherlands The award is comparable to the U.S. Grammy Award, the Echo German or British Brit awards. The Edison award consists of a bronze statue created by sculptor Pieter d'Hont. The Edison is one of the oldest in the world music awards. Only the American Grammy is one year older than the Dutch Edison. Mark Knopfler won a lifetime achievement award which was handed to him by Adam Curry. The event was broadcasted on Dutch radio station 'Radio 538' and commercial TV-station 'SBS-6'. Mark also performed three songs that evening: Walk Of Life, Devil Baby and What It Is. Date: 4th March 2005 Place: Mumbai, India The Shangri-La world tour 2005 took Mark Knopfler and his band to India for a few concerts at the start of the tour.

When the band arrived at the hotel, the whole band and crew were all given the traditional Indian (tikka) vermillion streak you can see on on Mark's forehead on the pictures below. After the press conference, Mark had a short meeting with a big fan of Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits. That fan is Sachin Tendulkar, an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. Sachin presented Mark with one of his bats which he personally signed for Mark. In turn, Mark then gave Sachin a signed signature Fender Strat. Allthough the signed bat is of course not an official award, I thought it was great enough to add it here as recognition for Mark. The woman on the photo is Tendulkar's wife, Anjali. Date: 8th February 2006 Venue: Staples Center, Los Angeles, USA At the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, Chuck Ainlay (surround mix engineer), Bob Ludwig (surround mastering), Chuck Ainlay & Mark Knopfler (surround producers) won a Grammy for Best Surround Sound Album for Brothers in arms - 20th Anniversary Edition.

The album was remixed for both DVD-Audio and SACD formats. Chuck Ainlay was also co-producer of the album with Dire Straits’ leader, Mark Knopfler, while Bob Ludwig was the mastering engineer. The high-resolution surround-sound engineering work, using original engineer Neil Dorfsman's tracks, was painstakingly done at Knopfler's British Grove Studios in London, which is equipped with ATC loudspeaker monitors in a 5.1 configuration. The ATC SCM300ASL (300A) is mounted in standard L/C/R configuration, while two more 300As are mounted on a unique track system for surround. Dual ATC SCM0.1/15ASL PRO (Sub1/15) subwoofers alongside the left and right mains, provide the LFE monitoring. The idea to track-mount rear surround 300As came after a discussion between Knopfler and Ainlay about lack of a real standard for their location in the horizontal plane. Film mix engineers tend to prefer them at 100 degrees or so, while many recording mix engineers tend to want them up to 135 degrees or so from center.

“We thought there ought to be a way to offer a flexible solution, where every engineer who uses the room can set the rear monitors wherever they prefer,” Ainlay says. “The result was to mount them on a track that allows them to be easily moved wider or narrower, from about 100 degrees to 145 degrees, with basically a push of a finger, letting the engineer put them exactly where they want without changing the distance to the listening location. It's really cool.” Track mounted rear surround ATC SCM300ASL loudspeaker at British Grove Studios: For Brothers in arms: 20th Anniversary Edition, Ainlay started with Dorfsman's original master tapes, which were recorded on the first iteration of a Sony digital multitrack that supported only 24 tracks. “Some of the original recordings were spread over a bunch of different tapes that we first had to locate," he explains.

"We transferred up to 120 tracks per song from the master multitracks, slave multitracks and even some of the 'safeties' to arrive at all of the assets necessary to mix the album.” Ainlay used the latest model Sony DASH unit, the 3348HR, as well as a Studer 800 analog machine to feed discrete multitrack outputs to transfer into the DAW using AMD Dual Opteron processors and Apogee 16X A/D converters. Everything was saved to hard disk using the latest version of Steinberg’s Nuendo software at 24 bits, 96 kHz. Mixing was done on a Neve 88R console, with tracks individually bused from Nuendo directly to the console. In addition, a 5-channel surround effects mix in Nuendo was brought into the console and an SSL compressor was used across the mix bus for overall compression. From there, Ainlay plied his talents to transform the tracks into a stunning surround presentation before handing them off to Ludwig for final mastering. Chuck Ainlay (left) and Mark Knopfler at British Grove Studios.

Date: 19th October 2006 Venue: Civic Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK The Variety Club have presented Mark Knopfler with their highest accolade, the Silver Heart, at a special Tribute Lunch held at the Civic Centre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Thursday 19th October 2006. Around 700 people packed the Banqueting Hall to hear Jools Holland MC the Tribute with contributions from, among others, John Illsley, fellow Geordies Jimmy Nail, Tim Healey, Alan Shearer, and legendary Shadows guitarist, Bruce Welch. Filmed tributes were also featured from various contributors including Eric Clapton, Sting, Emmylou Harris and Lord David Puttnam. Surrounded by friends and well-wishers, Mark spoke eloquently about his early life, of growing up in Newcastle and his deep affection for Northumberland. Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher also performed Wild theme at the Luncheon at the Civic Centre at the end of the afternoon. The Silver Heart was presented to Mark by the region chairman Peter Johnson. A wonderful tribute to the region's very own local hero.

Mark in an interview, just before the start of the Silver Heart tribute: The actual tribute: Date: 11th July 2007 Venue: University, Sunderland, UK Mark Knopfler was made an honorary Doctor of Music at Sunderland University for his outstanding achievements in the field of music. Taken from the website of the university of Sunderland: Sunderland honours Sultan of Swing One of North-East’s most famous sons was honoured by the University of Sunderland today (Wednesday, July 11) for his wonderful services to the music. Former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler was joined by around 2,000 students at the university’s annual academic awards ceremony at the Stadium of Light. Mark received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from university Chancellor Lord Puttnam for his outstanding contribution in the field of music. Proud Geordie Mark, who was brought up in Gosforth, is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s finest fingerstyle guitarists, as well as a hugely successful singer/songwriter. Although best known as the frontman for Dire Straits, he has also enjoyed a very successful solo career over the past decade.

In the mid-80s, when Dire Straits had released Brothers in Arms - one of the best selling albums of all time – they were tagged 'the biggest band in the world'. Their unforgettable set during Live Aid in 1985, with fellow Geordie Sting, helped to cement that tag. After 18 years with the band, selling over 100 million albums and doing several world tours, Mark, who was brought up in Gosforth, felt it was time to get back to his roots as a musician and concentrate on a solo career. Since then he has released four critically acclaimed albums. From a very early age there were indications that Mark’s life was to be inextricably linked with music. At 18 months old he could sing, probably influenced by the many hours listening to the BBC radio show “Listen with Mother”. However, it was his Uncle Kingsley who had the biggest impact on his “music education”, with his harmonica, banjo and his love of Boogie-Woogie music. At sixteen, Mark set up a harmony duo with school-friend Sue Hercombe, who he taught the art of fingerpicking.

During this time the duo played Newcastle’s folk clubs and Mark also got his first taste of celebrity, with an appearance on BBC Look North with Mike Neville. Mark has also written music for several films, including Local Hero, Cal, The Princess Bride, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Wag the Dog and has played and recorded with artists including Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Randy Newman and the late Chet Atkins. The self-taught guitarist is well known for his charity work and his passion for the North-East. The North-East, and its people, have had a huge influence on his music. They’ve also been one of the reasons why he has not been swept away by fame, like so many others in his profession. Mark said: “It’s a thrill and an honour to receive this award from the University of Sunderland. What I also like is that awards like this recognise the achievements of those people who do not go down the academic road.” Mark’s award came at the same time as the university introduced a new music course.

The new combined programme, run by ADM& C and C & T, is the BSc in Sound and Music Technology, which will provide students with the skills to enter the music industry, either as studio sound engineers, or with the technical skills to augment their talents as performing artists. This new programme will commence in September and will add to our work in the performing arts, and technology, giving new opportunities to students. Date: 12th February 2009 Venue: Cafï¿½ de Paris, London, UK British Grove Studios is a recording studio located at 20 British Grove in Chiswick, West London, owned by the Mark Knopfler. The award was presented by The Music Producers Guild. It promotes and represents all individuals in the music production and recording professions. It is a professional organisation that embodies collective and individual creative contributions to the production and recording of all genres of music and media related activities. Mark's British Grove Studios was the winner of the prestigious Music Producers Guild Award for 'Best Studio'. The award was presented at Cafï¿½ de Paris in London. British Grove Studios was built by Mark Knopfler as "a monument to past and future technology". It has two studios.

Alongside modern technology, the equipment includes two old EMI mixing consoles: a very rare tube desk from the 1960s like the ones used by George Martin and The Beatles and a later console on which the album Band on the run was recorded. The large console in studio one is a custom-made Neve 88R, while the console in studio two is an API Legacy. The main speakers are ATC monitors in a 5.1 configuration. Specifically, the full-range models are ATC SCM 300ASL (300A) mounted in standard left-center-right configuration, with two more 300As on a unique track system for surround. Dual ATC SCM0.1/15ASL PRO (Sub 1/15) subwoofers alongside the left and right mains provide the LFE monitoring. Mark used this studio to record his most recent albums Kill to get crimson, Get lucky and Privateering.

Date: 3rd December 2009 Place: Farrer House, Church Street, Deptford, south-east London, UK Mark and John Illsley attended a short ceremony in Deptford to unveil a plaque on the site of the first Dire Straits performance. The award, presented by the PRS (Performing Right Society) for music, is part of a national campaign to highlight areas where significant musical events have taken place. The special plaque has been mounted outside the ground floor of Farrer House, Church Street, Deptford where the original group, vocalist and lead guitarist Mark Knopfler, rhythm guitarist David Knopfler, bass guitarist John Illsley and drummer Pick Withers once shared a council flat and performed their first ever gig in 1977. Mark Knopfer admitted they had fiddled the electric meter to give the band free power. Mark recalled: "This was my bedroom and we ran the power out of the back window over the balcony to the set next to the road and waited for a crowd to gather.

John was the only one of us with a car back then and he would pile everything in and drive to the gig and the rest of us would catch the bus - they were great days and great memories". The Chairman of PRS, Ellis Rich said: "We’re delighted to be honouring Dire Straits with our Heritage Award. During their illustrious career Dire Straits sold over 120 million albums and won numerous awards, and it’s humbling to think it all began in a council flat in Deptford. We hope that their remarkable success serves as inspiration to a whole new generation of musicians". Mark Knopfler said: "I'm honoured and delighted that the birthplace of Dire Straits should be marked in this way in Deptford as part of London's history". The photo of Dire Straits playing in front of the flat is an actual photo of that very first gig, 9th July 1977. Courtesy of Glenda Bogdanovs. Additional info from Glenda: the photo was taken during a local one day festival for local musicians. Dire Straits were on fairly early and the audience was very small. It didn't really swell until later in the afternoon when other local bands played.

When David Knopfler saw this photo on Facebook, he wrote on 9th August 2010: "I'm trying to figure out where we'd tucked away our Fender Combos, because I didn't own that Marshall stack. And WEM columns in the PA system.. blimey! They were considered pretty bad even back in the 60s!" When someone asked David how many people turned out for that first gig and how many songs were played, David replied: "About 200 people I'd guess.. maybe more. Think we played for about an hour." Date: 16th November 2010 Place: Roof Gardens, Kensington, UK The fourth annual APRS Sound Fellowship Lunch, hosted by Sir George and Lady Martin, sees the recognition of six new recipients of the APRS Sound Fellowship bestowed on individuals who made a "Significant contribution to the art, science or business of sound recording". Mark Knopfler was one of the people who got this recognition. Mark also became an honorary vice-president of the Tyne Theatre and Opera House Preservation Trust.

Trust chairman Malcolm Dix said: “I had an exchange of text messages with Mark and I was delighted when he agreed to lend his name to the work we are doing to restore the Tyne Theatre and Opera House to its former glory." Date: 17th May 2012 Venue: Grosvenor House Hotel, London UK The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and were first introduced in 1955. The Ivors remain the only award ceremony in the musical calendar that is not influenced by publishers and record companies but judged and presented by the writing community. The award itself is a solid bronze sculpture of Euterpe, the Muse of lyric poetry. Mark Knopfler won an Ivor Novello Award at the 57th Annual Ivor Novello Awards, a well deserved Lifetime Achievement Award. On the right picture, Mark Knopfler and his wife Kitty Aldridge at the 2012 Ivor Novello awards.

Date: 7th April 2014 Venue: The Spanish City, Watts Road, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, UK A new plaza has been built next to the Spanish City dome in Whitley Bay. Mark Knopfler has given his blessing to a new sea-side promenade. The Dire Straits front-man, who immortalised the former Spanish City funfair at Whitley Bay in his song Tunnel of love, gave North Tyneside Council permission to use his lyrics in its landmark scheme. The ï¿½1.2m development – which includes new paving, lighting and an ampitheatre – was officially opened on 7th April 2014 by Tynemouth MP Alan Campbell. An official plaque installed at the site gives thanks to Mark Knopfler for letting designers etch lyrics from his 1981 hit into granite stepping. The plaza on the seafront at the Spanish City is officially opened by Alan Campbell: Detail: "And girl it looks so pretty to me just, like it always did.

Like the Spanish City to me, when we were kids." is the single line used from the song, repeated twice around the circle: Date: 1st June 2015 Location: Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside Walk of Fame, UK Nominated by the public, twenty five of NewcastleGateshead’s most inspiring people from the past 60 years have been honoured with a bronze plaque installed on one of the destination’s most iconic visitor sites – the Quayside, for a Hollywood-style ‘walk of fame’. The trail was opened in March 2014 by the wife of the late Sir Bobby Robson, Lady Elsie Robson. The plaques are laid along the stretch of pavement from Baltic Square to the Swing Bridge. Across the river, they continue along the Quayside to the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. Mark has written and composed many famous songs including Going Home, the theme song for the movie Local Hero, which has been played at Newcastle United F.C as their fanfare tune played at the start of every home game. A bronze plaque bearing Mark's name has been added to the Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside Walk of Fame in 2015.

The Newcastle Quayside is an area along the banks of the River Tyne that was once an industrial area and busy dockside. It has been redeveloped to provide art, music and culture venues. Mark says: “To be voted a Local Hero by the people of Tyneside is a wonderful honour which I will treasure.” AWARDS PRESENTED BY MARK KNOPFLER: Date: 24th January 1991 Location: London, UK The Sony Radio Academy Awards (the Sonys), started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. The categories for the awards are decided by an annual committee, with the aim to include all the main genres from contemporary music, news and speech through to radio drama, comedy and sport, and not discriminating against station size, or niche categories. In 1991, Charlie Gillett won the Gold Award for Outstanding Contribution. Charlie Gillett (20th February 1942 – 17th March 2010) was a British radio presenter, musicologist and writer, mainly on rock and roll and other forms of popular music.

He was particularly noted for his influential book The Sound of the City, for his promotion of many forms of "world music", and for discovering and promoting such acts as Ian Dury and of course Dire Straits. Charlie Gillett had a program called Honky Tonk on Radio London between 1975 and 1978. On 31st July 1977, the demo version of Sultans of swing was broadcasted on his radio show which resulted in a record deal and Dire Straits becoming one of the biggest acts in the '80's and early '90's. So, this must have been a very nice moment for Mark Knopfler to present this award to Charlie. Left to right: Prince Edward, Charlie Gillett and Mark Knopfler: Date: 6th February 2006 Venue: The Brewery , London, UK The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music. The awards have been given annually since 2000 by British radio station BBC Radio 2.

The award winners are chosen by a panel of 120 experts in the field of folk and easy listening music, including broadcasters, journalists, festival organisers, agents and promoters. The award ceremony, which takes place early in February, has been presented since its inception by Mike Harding, and broadcast on BBC Radio 2. Mark Knopfler reminisced at length before presenting Richard Thompson with his Lifetime Achievement trophy: the ace songwriter/guitarist contributed an amusing award ceremony story concerning erstwhile label-mate Frank Sinatra, before taking the stage for an acoustic performance which perfectly illustrated his stark, poetic songwriting skills. Date: 21st May 2008 Venue: City Hall, Newcastle, UK Brave Heart Awards are made to children who have shown incredible courage battling to overcome illness, handicap, or other adversities. All have received the holiday of a lifetime, the toy or computer of their dreams for example. Every year numerous awards are made. One of the striking features of all the children Brave Hearts has helped, is the fact that each of them sees nothing remarkable about their struggle to overcome adversity. Many of the children recognized by Brave Hearts were so ill that they have not survived their illnesses.

During the Kill to get crimson tour in 2008, Mark Knopfler also played in Newcastle. Before the concert, Mark Knopfler presented the Brave Heart Award to a real local hero, a nine year old kid from Newcastle called Bradley Downes who had been battling cancer. A really great moment for this young man. Very sadly, Bradley passed away in March 2009. Learn and talk about Ivor Novello Awards, 1955 establishments in the United Kingdom, Awards established in 1955, Ivor Novello Awards Best Original Music for a Television/Radio Broadcast Special award for songwriting Unusual award winners[ edit ] In 1964 John Lennon and Paul McCartney received four nominations for Ivors, including two nominations in the same category (as writers of both of the two songs competing for Highest British Sales of 1963), and were also given a Special Award for Outstanding Services to British Music.

[4] In 1976 10cc musicians Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart achieved three awards for writing I'm Not In Love when it won them the Ivors for Most Performed British Work, for Best Pop Song, and for International Hit of the Year. [5] In 2008 Amy Winehouse received three nominations for Ivors, including two nominations in the same category (for Best Song Musically & Lyrically). [6] [7] Original courtesy of Wikipedia: — Please support Wikipedia. This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia . A portion of the proceeds from advertising on Digplanet goes to supporting Wikipedia. We're sorry, but there's no news about "Ivor Novello Awards" right now. Limit to books that you can completely read online Include partial books (book previews) Oops, we seem to be having trouble contacting Twitter Support Wikipedia A portion of the proceeds from advertising on Digplanet goes to supporting Wikipedia. Please add your support for Wikipedia! Searchlight Group Digplanet also receives support from Searchlight Group. Visit Searchlight Copyright © 2009-2016 Digparty. All rights reserved.

Map of Ivor Novello Awards - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki Map showing all locations mentioned on Wikipedia article: The Ivors The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello , are awards for songwriting and composing . They are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and were first introduced in 1955 . Nicknamed The Ivors, the awards take place each May and are sponsored by PRS for Music . They are respected worldwide as the major platform for recognising and rewarding Britain's songwriting and composing talents. The Ivors remain the only award ceremony in the musical calendar that is not influenced by publishers and record companies but judged and presented by the writing community. The Award itself is a solid bronze sculpture of Euterpe , the Muse of lyric poetry. As of 2009, over 1,000 statuettes have been awarded.

Past recipients include, among others: Ivor Novello Awards : definition of Ivor Novello Awards and synonyms of Ivor Novello Awards (English) The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello , are awards for songwriting and composing . They are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and were first introduced in 1955. Nicknamed The Ivors, the awards take place each May and are sponsored by PRS for Music . They are respected worldwide as the major platform for recognising and rewarding Britain's songwriting and composing talents. The Ivors remain the only award ceremony in the musical calendar that is not influenced by publishers and record companies but judged and presented by the writing community. The Award itself is a solid bronze sculpture of Euterpe , the Muse of lyric poetry. In 2010, an Ivor was awarded for the first time to a game soundtrack, that of the PS3 title, Killzone 2 .

[1] Amy Winehouse was the first artist in the history of the awards to be nominated for two awards in the same category As of 2009, over 1,000 statuettes have been awarded. Past recipients include: Ivor Novello - meherbabatravels jimdo page! Ivor Novello Ivor Novello aka David Ivor Davies ACTOR 20th October 1931 Later that day, Quentin Tod brought Ivor Novello, one of the most popular figures in English musical theater of the 1920's, to see Baba. Knowing Novello's character, Baba responded, "There is no need to say anything. For those who feel, there is no need for words and explanations. You have a good heart." Novello rested his head on Baba's right hand and appeared overwhelmed. Tod told Baba that Ivor Novello was full of love and was always helping others despite his fame. Baba replied, "I am the Ancient One. He belongs to me and has been working, though unconsciously, for me for a long while.

But one day, he will know all." 20th October, 1931 Ivor Novello had invited Baba to see the current comedy in which he had a part. That evening Baba went with his group to see the play, "Proscenium" at the Globe Theater , and Novello gave Baba the box seats usually reserved for royalty. Honored by his presence, the entire cast bowed to Baba at the end of the show and Novello went to the box to receive Baba's embrace. Afterward, Novello introduced Phyllis and Zena Dare to Baba, and extended a cordial invitation to stay at his country house whenever Baba was back in England. This was Baba's last night in London.

When the group returned to Hygeia House, they all joined him in the sitting room in sacred silence for what Baba called "the filling in." Globe Theatre , Shaftesbury Avenue , London PlayPict/1933 (Aug) No.377 - PROSCENIUM - Ivor Novello (Globe/14 Jun 1933) Ivor Novello, Fay Compton, Lena Maitland, Zena Dare, Margot Sieveking, Margaret Watson, Joan Barry, Harold Cheshire, Kenneth Kent, Henry Crocker (31 excellent photos and review); 2 photos of DIPLOMACY (with Basil Rathbone, Oliver Gordon, Gerald Du Maurier, Maria Karina, Esme Beringer); also reviews of After Dark and Other People's Lives [32pp; VG] £8 Songs & Music 6 March 1951 (aged 58) London, England Bobbie Andrews (1916–51) David Ivor Davies (15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951), better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most

 popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century.

He was born into a musical family and his first successes were as a songwriter. His first big hit was "Keep the Home Fires Burning" , which was enormously popular during the First World War. After the war, Novello contributed numbers to several successful musical comedies and was eventually commissioned to write the scores of complete shows. His 1917 show, Theodore & Co was a wartime hit. He wrote his musicals in the style of operetta and often composed his music to the librettos of Christopher Hassall . In the 1920s, he turned to acting, first in films and then on stage, with considerable success in both. He starred in two silent films directed by Alfred Hitchcock , The Lodger and Downhill , both in 1927. On stage, he played the title character in the first London production of Liliom (1926). He also appeared in his own lavish West End productions of musicals . The best known of these were Glamorous Night (1935) and The Dancing Years (1939). Novello later went to Hollywood and appeared in numerous successful films, but at the same time he continued to have successes on stage.

From the 1930s he often performed with Zena Dare , writing parts for her in his works. His later stage successes were Perchance to Dream (1945), King's Rhapsody (1949) and Gay's the Word (1951). Contents Novello's birthplace, Cardiff Novello was born in Cardiff , Wales, to David Davies (c. 1852 — 1931), a rent collector for the city council, [1] and his wife, Clara Novello Davies , an internationally-known singing teacher and choral conductor. [2] As a boy, Novello was a successful singer in the Welsh Eisteddfod . [3] His mother set up as voice teacher in London, where he met leading performers, including members of George Edwardes 's Gaiety Theatre company, classical musicians such as Landon Ronald , and singers such as Adelina Patti . [1] Another of his mother's associates was Clara Butt , who taught him to sing " Abide with Me " when he was a boy of six.

[4] Novello was educated privately in Cardiff and then in Gloucester, where he studied harmony and counterpoint with Herbert Brewer , the cathedral organist. [5] From there he won a scholarship to Magdalen College School in Oxford , where he was a solo treble in the college choir. He later said that this prolonged youthful exposure to early sacred choral music had turned his tastes, in reaction, to lush romantic music. [1] Although Brewer had told him he would not have a career in music, [2] Novello from his early youth showed a facility for writing songs, and when he was only 15, one of his songs was published. [6] After leaving school, he gave piano lessons in Cardiff, and then moved to London in 1913. He took a flat above the Strand Theatre , which became his London home for the rest of his life. [1] In London he found a mentor in Sir Edward Marsh , a well-known patron of the arts. Marsh encouraged him to compose and introduced him to people who could help his career.

[1] He adopted part of his mother's maiden name, "Novello" as his professional surname, although he did not change it legally until 1927. [7] Performed by Frederick Wheeler for Edison Records in late 1915. Problems listening to this file? See media help . In 1914, at the start of the First World War , Novello wrote "Keep the Home Fires Burning" , a song that expressed the feelings of innumerable families sundered by World War I. Novello composed the music for the song to a lyric by the American Lena Guilbert-Ford, and it became a huge popular success, bringing Novello money and fame at the age of 21. [5] [8] In other respects, the war had less impact on Novello than on many young men of his age. He avoided active service until June 1916, when he reported to a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) training depot as a probationary flight sub-lieutenant. After twice crashing an aeroplane, and with the influence of Marsh, he was moved to the Air Ministry office in central London performing clerical duties for the duration of the war.

[9] Composer and actor Bobbie Andrews in 1921 Novello continued to write songs while serving in the RNAS. He had his first stage success with Theodore & Co in 1916, a production by George Grossmith, Jr. and Edward Laurillard with a score composed by Novello and the young Jerome Kern . [10] In the same year, Novello contributed to André Charlot 's revue See-Saw. [1] In 1917 he wrote for another Grossmith and Laurillard production, the operette Arlette, for which he contributed additional numbers to an existing French score by Jane Vieu and Guy le Feuvre. [11] In the same year, Marsh introduced him to the actor Bobbie Andrews , who became Novello's life partner. [1] Andrews introduced Novello to the young Noël Coward . Coward, six years Novello's junior, was deeply envious of Novello's effortless glamour. [5] He wrote, "I just felt suddenly conscious of the long way I had to go before I could break into the magic atmosphere in which he moved and breathed with such nonchalance".

[12] In 1918 and after the war, Novello continued to write successfully for musical comedy and revue. The former included Who's Hooper? (1919), an adaptation of a Pinero play, with a book by Fred Thompson , lyrics by Clifford Grey , and music by Howard Talbot and Novello, [13] and The Golden Moth by Thompson and P.G. Wodehouse (1921), for which Novello provided the entire score. [14] For Charlot, he contributed numbers to the revues Tabs (1918), A to Z (1921) and Puppets (1924). For the second of these, his songs included one of his few well-known comedy numbers, "And her mother came too", with lyrics by Dion Titheradge, written for Jack Buchanan . [1] At the same time as his successes as a composer, Novello was making a career as an actor. With "a classic profile that gained him matinee idol status amongst the film-going public", [15] he was sought out on the strength of a publicity photograph by the Swiss film director Louis Mercanton .

Mercanton offered him a silent-film role as the romantic lead in The Call of the Blood (1920). [5] In the same year, he made another film for Mercanton, Miarka. [1] Novello made his first English film, Carnival, the following year. [1] Novello made his stage debut in 1921 in Deburau by Sacha Guitry with Robert Loraine , Madge Titheradge and Bobbie Andrews, [16] and among other stage engagements, in the next years he played Bingley in an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice with Ben Webster as D'Arcy and Mary Jerrold as Elizabeth, in a cast that included Ellen Terry , May Whitty and Joyce Carey . [17] At about this time, Novello had an affair with the writer Siegfried Sassoon ; it was short lived, but in the words of Sassoon's biographer John Stuart Roberts, Novello "was a consummate flirt who collected lovers as he gathered lilacs." [18] In 1923, Novello made his American movie debut in D. W. Griffith 's The White Rose.

Back in England he co-wrote, produced and starred in the successful 1924 play The Rat. [19] The play was made into a film in 1925, which was so successful that two sequels followed in 1926 and 1928. [1] His dramatic roles in the West End included the title character in the first London production of Ferenc Molnár 's Liliom (1926). [20] Other films in which Novello starred included Alfred Hitchcock 's The Lodger (1926), where he played the sinister title character, and Downhill (1927). The British film company Gainsborough Pictures offered Novello a well-paid contract, which enabled him to buy a country house in Littlewick Green , near Maidenhead . [1] He renamed the property Redroofs, and he entertained there famously and with little regard for convention. Cecil Beaton , noting the frequent homosexual excesses, coined the phrase, "the Ivor/Noel naughty set".

[21] Coward had by now caught Novello up professionally, despite a joint disaster when Novello starred in Coward's play Sirocco in 1927, which was a débâcle, and closed within a month of opening. [22] [23] In 1928 Novello starred in the silent adaptation of Coward's much more successful The Vortex , and made his last silent film, A South Sea Bubble . [1] Novello returned to composing for the lyric stage in 1929, writing eight numbers for the revue The House that Jack Built. In the same year, he presented his own play Symphony in Two Flats, which he took to New York the following year. It was followed by a successful Broadway production of his The Truth Game, which brought him to the attention of Hollywood studios. He accepted a contract to write for and appear in MGM films. He found little to do in Hollywood, however, beyond writing the dialogue for Tarzan the Ape Man . [24] Returning to London, he starred in the sound remake of The Lodger (1932).

[1] 1930s musicals After beginning the 1930s with a series of non-musical plays, I Lived With You (1932), Fresh Fields, Proscenium, Sunshine Sisters, Flies in the Sun (all 1933) and Murder in Mayfair (1934), Novello returned to composition in 1935 with Glamorous Night , which was the first of a series of enormously popular musicals. [5] The Times considered that it was for these that Novello would be popularly remembered. [6] Paul Webb, in the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , writes that Novello's show saved the fortunes of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane : Dominating the British musical theatre from the mid-1930s to the early 1950s, his shows were heavily influenced by the operettas that he had grown up with (he saw Die lustige Witwe 27 times), but had a highly individual style of their own.

Blending musicals with opera, operetta and both modern and classical dance, these shows were considered something of an anachronism in their own time, but that was part of their appeal. Another model was Coward's 1929 musical Bitter Sweet , which Novello called "a lovely, lovely thing … sheer joy from beginning to end". That, too, was an old-fashioned musical, "so full of regret … for a vanished kindly silly darling age." [25] For all his four 1930s musicals, Novello wrote the book and music, Christopher Hassall wrote the lyrics, and the orchestrations were by Charles Prentice. Glamorous Night starred Novello and Mary Ellis , with a cast including Zena Dare , Olive Gilbert and Elizabeth Welch , and ran from 2 May 1935 to 18 July 1936, at Drury Lane and then the London Coliseum . [26] Careless Rapture ran from 11 September 1936 for 296 performances, with Novello, Dorothy Dickson and Zena Dare in the leading roles.

[27] Crest of the Wave starred Novello, Dickson and Gilbert, and ran from 1 September 1937 for 203 performances. [2] The last of Novello's pre-war musicals was The Dancing Years , which starred Novello, Ellis and Gilbert, opened at Drury Lane, closed on the outbreak of the Second World War, and re-opened at the Adelphi Theatre , running for a combined total of 696 performances, closing on 8 July 1944. [28] This show was the closest Novello came to fulfilling his mother's early ambitions for him to write operas; he played an Austrian composer-conductor at the Wiener Hofoper . [2] Second World War and last years Novello presented only two new shows during the war. Arc de Triomphe (1943), a musical vehicle for Mary Ellis, was only a modest success, but Perchance to Dream (1945) was immensely successful, running for 1,022 performances.

In between the two shows, Novello had been in serious legal trouble and served four weeks in prison for misuse of petrol coupons, a serious offence under rationing laws in wartime Britain. An admiring fan had stolen the coupons from her employer, but the court found that Novello was also culpable. [29] The prison term, though short, came as a severe shock to Novello, both mentally and physically, and had serious lasting effects. [1] Not everybody was supportive; Coward's sympathy was limited: "He's been fighting like a steer to keep going as before the war and hasn't done a thing for the general effort", [30] but when Novello returned to The Dancing Years after his release, he received "a rapturous ovation" on his first entrance. [1] Novello's last full-scale production in this style, King's Rhapsody (1949), was, in Webb's words, "a selfconsciously romantic counter-blast to the modern musical: crown princes, ballrooms, royal yachts, beautiful princesses and a full-scale coronation".

[2] After the rigours of war, this escapist entertainment had strong box-office appeal, and ran for 841 performances. [31] The show starred Novello and the cast included Phyllis Dare , Zena Dare, Olive Gilbert and Bobbie Andrews. It was still running, at the Palace Theatre , when Novello's last show opened. This was Gay's the Word (1951). Novello had written no role for himself; the show starred the comedy actress Cicely Courtneidge and was a departure from his established pattern, balancing the contrasting styles of European operetta and post-war American musicals. [1] The Times commented that the show "cheerfully parodied the very Ruritanian romances to which he owed his most triumphant successes." [6] Novello died suddenly from a coronary thrombosis at the age of 58, a few hours after completing a performance in the run of King's Rhapsody.

[6] He was cremated at the Golders Green Crematorium , and his ashes are buried beneath a lilac bush and marked with a plaque that reads "Ivor Novello 6th March 1951 'Till you are home once more'." [32] He left an estate worth £160,000. [33] Only a few weeks before Novello's death, Coward had written of him: "Theatre – good, bad and indifferent – is the love of his life. For him, other human endeavours are mere shadows.

… The reward of his work lies in the indisputable fact that whenever and wherever he appears the vast majority of the British public flock to see him." [4] Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians writes of Novello that he was "until the advent of Andrew Lloyd Webber , the 20th-century's most consistently successful composer of British musicals." [2] Legacy Sculpture of Novello at Cardiff Bay Plaque to Novello at Redroofs The Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting, established in 1955 in Novello's memory, are awarded each year by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) to British songwriters and composers as well as to an outstanding international music writer. A scholarship in memory of Novello was established at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , and in 1952 a bronze bust of him by Clemence Dane was unveiled at Drury Lane. In St. Paul's, Covent Garden , known as the actors' church, a panel was installed to commemorate Novello, and in 1972, to mark the 21st anniversary of his death, a memorial stone was unveiled in St. Paul's Cathedral .

[1] In 1993, the centenary of Novello's birth was marked by several celebratory shows around the UK, including one at the Players Theatre in London. [15] In 2005, the Strand Theatre , above which Novello lived for many years, was renamed the Novello Theatre. On 27 June 2009, a statue of Novello was unveiled outside the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay . Plaques detailing some of his best-known songs are fitted to the pedestal, along with a dedication to Novello. [34] Novello's memory is promoted by The Ivor Novello Appreciation Bureau , which holds annual events around Britain, including an annual pilgrimage to Redroofs each June. Redroofs was sold after Novello's death and is now a theatre training school.

[35] Novello was portrayed in Robert Altman 's 2001 film, Gosford Park , by Jeremy Northam , and several of his songs were used for the film's soundtrack, including "Waltz of My Heart", "And Her Mother Came Too", "I Can Give You the Starlight", "What a Duke Should Be", "Why Isn't It You?" and "The Land of Might-Have-Been". Songs Among Novello's well known songs are, " Keep the Home Fires Burning "; [36] "Fold Your Wings"; "Shine Through My Dreams"; " Rose of England "; "I Can Give You the Starlight"; "And Her Mother Came Too"; "My Dearest Dear"; "The Land of Might-Have-Been"; "When I Curtsied to the King"; "We'll Gather Lilacs"; [5] "Someday my Heart Will Awake"; "Yesterday"; "Waltz of My Heart"; "Why isn't It You"; "My Life Belongs to You"; "Fly Home Little Heart"; "Take Your Girl"; and "Primrose".

In Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Webb writes that although Novello's oeuvre is generally thought of as "romantic" and " Ruritanian ", his music "was far more varied than his current reputation suggests." Webb contends that such romantic hits as "Someday My Heart Will Awake" were balanced by "rousing operetta choruses ... and jazz age numbers" while "'Rose of England' is a stately patriotic piece that stands comparison with Elgar or Walton ". [2] Filmography The Call of the Blood (L'Appel du Sang) – 1920 Miarka: The Daughter of the Bear (Miarka, Fille de L'Ourse) – 1920 The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello , are awards for songwriting and composing . They are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and were first introduced in 1955. Nicknamed The Ivors, the awards take place each May and are sponsored by PRS for Music .

They are respected worldwide as the major platform for recognising and rewarding Britain's songwriting and composing talents. The Ivors remain the only award ceremony in the musical calendar that is not influenced by publishers and record companies but judged and presented by the writing community. The Award itself is a solid bronze sculpture of Euterpe , the muse of lyric poetry. In 2010, an Ivor was awarded for the first time to a game soundtrack, that of the PS3 title, Killzone 2 . [1] Amy Winehouse was the first artist in the history of the awards to be nominated for two awards in the same category As of 2009, over 1,000 statuettes have been awarded.

Question: Which British awards for songwriting and composing, a solid bronze sculpture of Euterpe, the Muse of lyric poetry, are named after a Cardiff-born entertainer?
Answer: Ivor Novello Awards