| 词条 | James Blades |
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He was one of the most distinguished percussionists in Western music, with a long and varied career. His book Percussion Instruments and their History (1971) is a standard reference work on the subject.[2][3] Blades was born in Peterborough in 1901.[3] He was a long-time associate of Benjamin Britten, with whom he conceived many of the composer's unusual percussion effects.[5] In 1954, Blades was appointed Professor of Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music.[2][3] As a chamber musician he played with the Melos Ensemble and the English Chamber Orchestra.[2] Blades' pupils included the rock drummers Max Sedgley, Carl Palmer and Richard James Burgess as well as the percussionist Evelyn Glennie.[2][3] His most famous and widely heard performances were the sound of the drum playing "V-for-Victory" in Morse code, the introduction to the BBC broadcasts made to the European Resistance during World War II,[2][3] and providing the sound of the gong seen at the start of films produced by the Rank Organisation. Blades played this sound on a tam-tam. On screen Blades's sound was mimed to by the "Gongman". His autobiography Drum Roll: A Professional Adventure from the Circus to the Concert Hall was published by Faber & Faber in 1977.[6] Bibliography
Obituary
References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-james-blades-1095585.html|title=Obituary: James Blades|date=24 May 1999|author=Graham Melville-Mason|website=The Independent|access-date=17 January 2019}} Sources2. ^1 2 3 4 5 Michael Skinner, In Memoriam: James Blades OBE, Percussive Arts Society, 1999. Retrieved August 8, 2007. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040513170352/http://www.pas.org/News/memoriam/blades_IM.cfm |date=May 13, 2004 }} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 Nick Ravo, "James Blades Is Dead at 97; a Percussionist for Victory", The New York Times (May 25, 1999). Retrieved August 8, 2007. 4. ^James Blades biographical notice {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327182022/http://www.pas.org/experience/halloffame/BladesJames.aspx |date=2012-03-27 }} F.D. Fairchild 1999 5. ^Graham, p. 46 6. ^Nielsen BookData {{ISBN|978-0-571-10107-8}}
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