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Albert W Ketèlbey (1875-1959) was an English composer whose early music won the praise of Elgar and gained first place over Holst. From ages 16 to 20, he was a church organist as well as a piano soloist. After 1912, Ketèlbey became a music editor for Chappell and music director of the Columbia Gramophone Co. He gave many of his works exotic titles (In a Persian Market, In the Mystic Land of Egypt, In a Chinese Temple Garden), but Bells across the Meadows, originally written in 1921, is simply a characteristic bit of the English countryside. Interestingly, it was initially rejected as having no future but it was a huge success. In the UK, it was banned from being played in 1941 for the war duration because it had unaccompanied church bells. Moderately easy.