Jonah Barrington (journalist)
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Jonah Barrington was the pseudonym of Cyril Carr Dalmaine (1904–1986) the radio critic of the Daily Express, a British newspaper, during the Second World War.
His first used the term "Lord Haw-Haw" to describe a German radio broadcaster:[1]
“He speaks English of the haw-haw, damn-it-get-out-of-my-way variety, and his strong suit is gentlemanly indignation.[2]
He studied at Eastbourne College, and graduated from the Royal College of Music. He was Music master at Uppington School, and chorus master to the BBC. He composed chamber music,[3] and transcribed cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach to piano.[4]
Jonah Barrington was also a record presenter in the pre-1955 days . He was responsible for the "discovery" of the then deceased Italian tenor, Alessandro Valente. At a time when the great Swedish tenor Jussi Bjorling's recording of "Nessun Dorma" was popular, Barrington played a version by Valente which, he said, was the best he had ever heard. It was instantly popular and Valente enjoyed a posthumous vogue.
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- ↑ http://www.organ-biography.info/index.php?id=Dalmaine_Cyril_1904
- ↑ http://www.bach-cantatas.com/NVD/PT-Dalmaine.htm
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