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Margaret Lyndsey Williams (Act. 1910-1960), Oil on canvas, Portrait of Ivor Novello (1893-1951), Bears artist's name verso , name of commissioning person 'S J Gregory ' and date ' Nov. ?8', 24'' x 20''. Ivor Novello , born David Ivor Davies, was a Welsh composer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians writes of Novello that he was ''until the advent of Andrew Lloyd Webber, the 20th-century's most consistently successful composer of British musicals'' SJ Gregory lived in Cornwall ,a stately home , and regularly was entertained by Novello The Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting, established in 1955 in Novello's memory, are awarded each year by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) to British songwriters and composers as well as to an outstanding international music writers
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