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DESCRIPTION: No. 33, Brunswick Square. ... a very elegant house. It was here that the celebrated musician Sir Hamilton Harty (1870­1941) died. He was conductor of the Halle Orchestra from 1920 to 1933. He composed a number of songs, a violin concerto and the tone­poem ÔWith the Wild GeeseÕ. He was knighted in 1925 and is commemorated not only by this Regency Society plaque but also by a chair of music at QueenÕs University, Belfast.

CREDITS: Duncan McNeill