# William Henry Reed

> William Henry Reed MVO was an English violinist, teacher, composer, conductor and biographer of Edward Elgar. He was leader of the London Symphony Orchestra for 23 years (1912–1935), but is best known for his long personal friendship with Elgar (1910–1934) and his book Elgar As I Knew Him (1936), in which he goes into great detail about the genesis of the Violin Concerto in B minor.

*British musician (1876-1942)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-henry-reed

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1876-07-29
- **Died:** 1942-07-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 11.3 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1641486)
- [ويليام هنرى ريد](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF)
- [William Henry Reed](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Reed)
- [William Henry Reed](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Reed)
- [William Henry Reed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Reed)
- [William Henry Reed](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Reed)
- [William Henry Reed](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Reed)
- [ウィリアム・ヘンリー・リード](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/db3cfdee-e744-419d-bb37-65d32528391a)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568693)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/william-henry-reed