Eric Coates - Four Centuries, Suite for orchestra (1942)

Eric Francis Harrison Coates (27 August 1886 – 21 December 1957) was an English composer of light music and, early in his career, a leading violist. Please support my channels: Four Centuries, Suite for orchestra (1942) Dedication: To my dear wife I. Prelude and Hornpipe (17th Century) (0:00) II. Pavane and Tambourin (18th Century) (6:36) III. Valse (19th Century) (13:04) IV. Rhythm (20th Century) (18:13) The East of England Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Nabarro. Throughout Coates’ life he had a fondness for the music of the British dance bands. This stemmed from a love of dancing; during the 1920s, Eric and Phyl were regular patrons of London’s exclusive night clubs and hotels including the Kit-Kat Club and the Savoy Hotel. He counted bandleaders Jack Hyltonand Jack Payne amongst his friends (Coates even wrote the foreword to Payne’s 1932 autobiography). The style of the dance bands (along with that of the songwriters of the