Sir Landon Ronald
(1873-1938), Musician and conductorSitter in 15 portraits
Educated at the Royal College of Music, Ronald was first Assistant Conductor at Covent Garden and then worked as accompanist for Dame Nellie Melba on a tour of Canada and the USA. He gained his first important symphonic post in 1905, when he was appointed Director of the Birmingham Promenade Concerts. Birmingham was a watershed for the conductor, and thereafter his progress was assured. He spent some time touring Europe before being appointed Conductor of the New Symphony Orchestra, also known as the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, a post he held for seventeen years. Remembered primarily as a musician, Ronald was also a composer, author, and administrator.
by Bernard Partridge
pencil, published in Punch 27 March 1929
NPG 3676
by Ernest Procter
pencil, 1929
NPG 4975(13)
by Ernest Procter
pencil, 1929
NPG 4975(12)
by Claude Harris
vintage bromide print, circa 1918
NPG x17037
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 21 April 1920
NPG x18108
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 21 April 1920
NPG x18109
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 21 April 1920
NPG x18110
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1924
NPG x162449
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1934
NPG x185000
Sir Landon Ronald ('Men of the Day. No. 2351. "Guildhall Music."')
by Alan Henry Stern ('ASTN')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 November 1913
NPG D45742
by Mark Wayner (Weiner)
lithograph, published 1931
NPG D23317
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