Gilbert Shufflebotham

Gilbert Shufflebotham (1907–1978) was a British violist and violinist. He started his playing career on the violin, performing for radio broadcasts in the 1920s.[1]

Gilbert Shufflebotham
Birth nameGilbert Shufflebotham
Born(1907-05-06)6 May 1907
Horton, Staffordshire, England
Died5 March 1978(1978-03-05) (aged 70)
Ripon, North Yorkshire, England
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsViola

He was principal violist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra[2][3] and played in the Hallé Orchestra,[4][5] the Birmingham String Quartet,[6] the Birmingham Ensemble Players[7][8] as well as a number of other ensembles.[9] He was a pupil of Lionel Tertis.[10][11]

In 1947 he gave the CBSO's first performance of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with the orchestra's deputy leader and Element Quartet violist, Dorothy Hemming.[12]

In February 1948, he performed William Walton's Viola Concerto with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.[13]

Shufflebotham was the Head of Music at Ripon Grammar School. He founded and conducted the award-winning Knypersley String Orchestra[14][15] and conducted the Ripon Schools' String Orchestra.[16]

References
  1. "Birmingham Programmes". Radio Times: 439. 16 June 1926.
  2. "Two Quartet rehearsals". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 12 November 1949.
  3. Taylor, Edward (24 April 1950). "Orchestra Inspired". Sheffield Daily Telegraph.
  4. "The New City Orchestra". Birmingham Mail. 18 August 1944.
  5. B., E. (18 April 1945). "Halle Orchestra and Ensemble Players". Birmingham Daily Post.
  6. D., M. (12 November 1949). "Two Quartet Recitals". Birmingham Daily Gazette.
  7. "Music in the Provinces". The Musical Times. 86 (1227): 156. May 1945. doi:10.2307/935527. JSTOR 935527.
  8. B., E. (22 March 1945). "Unfamiliar Chamber Music". Birmingham Daily Post.
  9. B., E. (14 October 1944). "Music in Birmingham". Birmingham Daily Post.
  10. Riley, Maurice W. (1980). The History of the Viola. Michigan, U.S.A: Braun-Brumfield, Ann Arbor. ISBN 0960315004.
  11. White, John (2006). Lionel Tertis, The First Great Virtuoso of the Viola. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. p. 200. ISBN 184383278X.
  12. D., M. (16 May 1947). "Soloists from Orchestra". Birmingham Daily Gazette.
  13. "Fine Work for Viola". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 2 February 1948.
  14. "The Knypersley String Orchestra". Radio Times. 60 (777): 41. 24 August 1938.
  15. "Running Your Own Show: Or String Orchestra". Radio Times (814): 64. 12 May 1939.
  16. "Music Club, BBC Home Service". Radio Times (2017). 12 July 1962.


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