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Harry Mortimer (10 Apr 1902 - 23 Jan 1992)

Male Person - United Kingdom UK brass band composer and conductor

Relationships (4)

Conductor For

  1. Foden’s Band (1953 - 1957)

Member Of

  1. Harry Mortimer & His All Star Brass

Siblings

  1. Rex Mortimer

Parents

  1. Fred Mortimer

Recordings by (5)

  1. The Can Can 2:13 (2000)
  2. 633 Squadron 2:09 (2000)
  3. Thunderbirds 2:48 (2000)
  4. Colonel Bogey on Parade 5:17 (02 Apr 2010)
  5. Gallop From Orpheus in the Underworld 2:09 (02 Apr 2010)

On Recordings (32)

Arranged

  1. Post Horn Gallop ?:?? Foden’s Band (1934)
  2. Hunting Medley (Introducing: Post Horn Galop) ?:?? Foden’s Band (Nov 1935)

Conducted

  1. Overture on Famous English Airs ?:?? B.M.C. Concert Band, Harry Mortimer (1968)
  2. Three Dale Dances ?:?? B.M.C. Concert Band, Harry Mortimer (1968)
  3. Hailstorm ?:?? B.M.C. Concert Band, Harry Mortimer (1968)
  4. Paperchase ?:?? B.M.C. Concert Band, Harry Mortimer (1968)
  5. Fanfare Polka ?:?? B.M.C. Concert Band, Harry Mortimer (1968)
  6. Red Musketeer ?:?? B.M.C. Concert Band, Harry Mortimer (1968)
  7. Horn Concerto no. 3: Rondo. Allegro ?:?? B.M.C. Concert Band, Harry Mortimer (1968)
  8. “The Bronze Horse” Overture ?:?? B.M.C. Concert Band, Harry Mortimer (1968)
  9. High Spirits: Cornet Feature ?:?? B.M.C. Concert Band, Harry Mortimer (1968)
  10. The Padstow Lifeboat ?:?? B.M.C. Concert Band, Harry Mortimer (1968)
  11. Marching Trumpets 2:34 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  12. March From Tannhauser 4:15 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  13. Flanagan's Mare 2:41 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  14. Chit Chat Polka 2:36 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  15. Watching the Wheat 3:43 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  16. Selection From 'Lilac Time' 7:22 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  17. Overture From 'Orpheus in the Underworld' 8:37 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  18. Soldiers Chorus From 'Faust' 2:48 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  19. 2nd Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals 5:32 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  20. Brass Band Blues 3:08 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  21. The Holy City 4:52 Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band (1970)
  22. Elizabethan Serenade 3:16 Harry Mortimer, Foden’s Band, Morris Motors Band, Fairey Aviation (1987)
  23. Medallion 2:37 Foden’s Band, Harry Mortimer ()
  24. Indian Summer 8:50 The All Star Brass Band, Harry Mortimer ()
  25. Diadem of Gold 12:31 Foden’s Band, Harry Mortimer ()

Instruments

  1. Shylock ?:?? Foden’s Motor Works Band, Harry Mortimer, Fred Mortimer (Nov 1930) solo, cornet
  2. Hunting Medley (Introducing: Post Horn Galop) ?:?? Foden’s Band (Nov 1935) cornet
  3. Il Bacio ?:?? Foden’s Band (Feb 1936) solo, cornet
  4. Hailstorm ?:?? Foden’s Motor Works Band conducted by Fred Mortimer (Sep 1943) solo, cornet
  5. The Warrior 3:09 Foden’s Band, Harry Mortimer, Fred Mortimer () cornet

Credited as (20)

  1. Harry Mortimer
  2. The Fodens Motor Works Band, The Williams Fairey Brass Band, Morris Motors Band, The Sale and District Musical Society & Harry Mortimer
  3. Men O' Brass, Harry Mortimer
  4. Koenig. Arr. Mortimer
  5. Chopin. Arr. Harry Mortimer
  6. [traditional] Arr. Mortimer
  7. (uncredited) Arr. H. Mortimer
  8. Rimmer. Conducted by Fred Mortimer. Solo cornet Harry Mortimer
  9. Heykens. Conducted by Harry Mortimer
  10. The Foden Motor Works Band. Musical Advisor Harry Mortimer. Director of Music Rex Mortimer. Bandmaster Edward Grey
  11. Foden’s Motor Works Band, Harry Mortimer, Fred Mortimer
  12. Harry Mortimer, Morris Motors Band, Foden’s Band, Williams Fairey Engineering Band
  13. Morris Concert Band, Ransome & Marles Work Band, Yorkshire Imperial Metals Band, Camborne Town Band, Harry Mortimer
  14. H.R. Moreton
  15. Foden’s Band, Harry Mortimer, Fred Mortimer
  16. Foden’s Band, Harry Mortimer
  17. The All Star Brass Band, Harry Mortimer
  18. B.M.C. Concert Band, Harry Mortimer
  19. Harry Mortimer, Foden’s Band, Morris Motors Band, Fairey Aviation
  20. The All Stars Brass Band Conducted By Harry Mortimer

Works (3)

Arranged

  1. Military Polonaise
  2. John Peel

Composed

  1. Medallion

Links (9)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13834324c

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Mortimer

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1168118

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607870/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/94779906

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322835

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/52ilIWnJ1O264e3rhO2DBR
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/214862

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/265884276