Gay, Noel, 1898-1954

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Name (Hebrew)
גי, נואל, 1898-1954
Name (Latin)
Gay, Noel, 1898-1954
Other forms of name
Armitage, Reginald, 1898-1954
Hill, Stanley, 1898-1954
גי, נואל
גאי, נואל
Date of birth
1898
Date of death
1954
Place of birth
Wakefield (England)
Place of death
London (England)
Associated country
Great Britain
England
Field of activity
Music
Occupation
Composers
Organists
Musicians
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1261012
Library of congress: n 88600078
Sources of Information
  • His Me and my girl [SR] p1986:label (music by Noel Gay) inner sleeve (pen name for Reginald Armitage)
  • New Grove(Gay, Noel (Armitage, Reginald Moxon); b. Wakefield, 15 July 1898; d. London, 4 Mar. 1954; English composer, organist, and publisher)
  • Tondeleyo, 1929(lyrics by Stanley Hall)
  • Wikipedia, July 11, 2013(Noel Gay; also used the name Stanley Hill
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Wikipedia description:

Reginald Moxon Armitage (15 July 1898 – 4 March 1954) known professionally as Noel Gay was a British composer of popular music of the 1930s and 1940s whose output comprised 45 songs as well as the music for 28 films and 26 London shows. Sheridan Morley has commented that he was "the closest Britain ever came to a local Irving Berlin". He is best known for the musical, Me and My Girl.

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