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Ivor Novello: Last Great Romantic
The man who gives his name to the famous songwriting award was a multi-talented star of stage, screen and concert hall.
Born in Cardiff, Ivor Novello found fame as a writer of patriotic songs during the First World War such as Keep The Home Fires Burning.
His good looks helped him win acclaim as Britain's first movie idol, although he failed to make a break in Hollywood.
Novello returned to the stage, and died in 1951 shortly after a performance.
David Ivor Davies was born in 1893 at Llwyn-yr-Eos (Grove of Nightingales) in Canton, Cardiff, to tax collector David Ivor Davies and Dame Clara Novello Davies.
His professional name came from an Italian godmother.
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Novello was taught music by his mother at an early age, and won a scholarship to Magdalen Choir School in Oxford where he was soon labelled the Welsh Prodigy for his writing talents.
On leaving school, the family moved to London.
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