Octet's Temporary Leader
rere Distinguished Army Bandsman
R. H. G. GLAYSHER, who, as deputy conductor of the 3YA _ Studio Octet, has been in charge of that combination during recent weeks, while Mr. Harold Beck has been on holiday, is well known to 3YA listeners as a harpist, on which in-
strument he is a very accomplished player. Mr. Glaysher has had a very interesting musical career. He has to his credit nearly 27 years of service with the band of the Royal: Artillery. Enlisting in the band as a boy of fourteen, Mr. Claveher received
Pe ee his musical training at the Army School of Music, Kneller Hall, where every branch of the British Army, white as well as black, is represented. The Royal Artillery Band is the largest in the British Army, being 92 strong, every member being a double handed player-the band being both string and military. Mr. Glaysher’s instruments are harp, violin and clarinet. As a member of the famous band he was privileged to attend many historic functions, including Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, the funeral Tra ae sarMeorUre "a
of Queen Victoria, the coronation’ of King Edward and the funeral of King Edward, and the coronation of King George. He also attended all the banquets held ‘in Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Mansion House, and the Royal Academy banquets at Burlington
fFlouse. rie visitea New Zealand with the Artillery Band at the time of the Auckland Exhibition. During the war, the band was engaged for six months every winter in playing for the troops in France and Belgium. After the Armistice the
band toured France, Delgium and \Wer~ many, the tour concluding with eleven days in Paris, when the signing of the Peace Treaty was celebrated. While in France, the band ‘experienced the rigours of campaigning and suffered losses. On one occasion it was playing near the front line where the German trenches were only 200 yards away. A German band was playing at the same time. The Artillery Band had concluded its programme, and was in the middle of playing "God Save the King’’ when the enemy commenced to shell very heavily and inflicted severe losses.
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Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 27, 16 January 1931, Page 6
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362Octet's Temporary Leader Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 27, 16 January 1931, Page 6
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