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Bernard Shore

British viola player, author, and Professor of Viola. Born 17 March 1896 - Died 2 April 1985. He studied viola, organ, & composition at the [l527847]. From 1922 on he was an orchestral player, first with the [a8226403], the [a=London Symphony Orchestra] (1921-1928), and, from 1930, as Principal Viola of the [a=BBC Symphony Orchestra]. In 1940 he left the BBC Symphony Orchestra to join the Royal Air Force. Shortly after the end of the war he retired from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and took on a professorship at the Royal College of Music. He was made a CBE in 1955.