Percy A. Scholes

Percy Alfred Scholes PhD OBE (24 July 1877 – 31 July 1958) (pronounced skolz) was an English musician, journalist and prolific writer, whose best-known achievement was his compilation of the first edition of The Oxford Companion to Music. His 1948 biography The Great Dr Burney was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 24, 1877 (Leeds), Died July 31, 1958 (Vevey)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938

Roles Represented in DAHR: editor

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Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia (U.K.)	CA16221	10-in.	between October 1937 and January 1938	Tarantella from serenata	Paul Draper ; George Eskdale ; Reginald Kell ; Anthony Pini ; Jean Pougnet	Instrumental quintet	editor
Columbia (U.K.)	CA16713	10-in.	between October 1937 and January 1938	Buch der hängenden Gärten	Mosco Carner ; Erica Storm	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	editor
Columbia (U.K.)	CA17004	10-in.	between June and November 1938	I breathed the breath of blossoms red	Charles Kullman ; Malcolm Sargent	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	editor

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LCNAR: Scholes, Percy A., 1877-1958 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50002790

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