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Mark Hugh Lubbock (1898–1986) was a British conductor and composer, especially of light music.[1]

Mark Lubbock
Born	1898
Died	1986  (aged 87–88)
Alma mater	Eton College
Occupation	Composer

life

Born in 1898, he was educated at Eton College, and then studied in Vienna.[1] He also served in World War I.[2]

Lubbock and Harry S. Pepper were both recruited by the BBC in 1933, both being noted as "established composers of light music",[3] and Lubbock was the BBC's Light Music Conductor from 1933 to 1944.[1] His operetta The King Can Do No Wrong was the first to be commissioned and broadcast by the BBC.[2]

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 15 June 1974.[4]

His wife was the author Bea Howe.[5]

Bibliography

• —— (1962). The complete book of light opera. Putnam.

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