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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Haydn Wood was a 20th century English composer and a respected violinist. Haydn Wood was born in the Yorkshire town of Slaithwaite on 25 March 1882. When he was three years old his family moved to the Isle of Man, an island which was often a source of inspiration for the composer. In 1897, at the Royal College of Music, he studied violin with Enrique Fern ndez Arb?'s and composition with Charles Villiers Stanford In 1901, he was soloist at a special concert commemorating the opening of the Royal College of Music's Concert Hall. The concert was attended by Joseph Joachim and Pablo de Sarasate. They were so impressed that they sent him to Brussels for study with the renowned teacher C sar Thomson. He then embarked on a world tour, accompanying the Canadian soprano Dame Emma Albani, and they continued their association for a further eight years