Laurance Turner
Laurance Turner (November 7, 1899 – January 21, 1976) was a British violinist from Huddersfield. He was leader of the Hallé Orchestra from 1939 to 1958 and sub-leader with the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 1930 to 1940. He performed with ensembles including the Yorkshire Quartet, the Catterall Quartet, his own eponymously named Turner Quartet, and he conducted the Turner Orchestral Players. He was professor of violin at the Royal Manchester College of Music and Senior Professor of Violin at the Huddersfield College of Technology.
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