April 2016 is Music Month on The Daily Constitutional!
A London commemorative plaque for every day in 2016.
The plaques are selected from all walks of life, and all points of the London compass – and I'm taking requests too!
DROP ME A LINE or leave a comment below if you'd like to nominate a plaque for inclusion in the series
Songwriter Ivor Novello at Aldwych…
Born in Cardiff 1893, Ivor Novello's name is still invoked today when talk turns to great songwriting: the nation's most prestigious songwriting prize is named in his honor.
His first big hit was Keep The Home Fires Burning in 1914 – the sentiment of which, at the time of the First World War, wove Novello into the fabric of British popular culture. We'll Gather Lilacs is perhaps his most famous song – Novello's ashes are interred beneath a lilac bush at Golders Green Crematorium. But I've chosen his WWI classic to accompany this plaque. I truly believe that it has become one of the great English folk songs – and I delight not only in the song, but in the fact that it took a Welshman to compose it…
Novello's plaque is here…
To mark the occasion, April is Music Month on The Daily Constitutional!
A month of plaques, locations, facts, reviews and more lies ahead. And I'm compiling the Ultimate London Playlist – get in touch with your favorite London song or piece!
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