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VIVIAN LANGRISH
Vivian Langrish was born at Bristol and studied under Tobias Matthay at the Royal Academy of Music, where he gained the Ada Lewis Scholarship and the Liszt Scholarship (discontinued at the outbreak of war in 1914). During the early part of the war
Mr. Langrish went to France for Lena Ashwell to help entertain the troops. Then he joined the R.A.F.
After demobilisation Mr. Langrish continued his musical career as a concert soloist and professor at the Matthay School and at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1924 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music.