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Newbury Amateur Orchestral Union

Amateur orchestra founded in 1879

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Source revisionJun 11, 2026
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The Newbury Amateur Orchestral Union (NAOU) was established at Newbury, Berkshire UK in 1879, and was first conducted by William Dines Eatwell, a local musician. Women musicians were included from 1882. After Eatwell's death in 1893 conductorship was taken over by J.S. Liddle, who also conducted the English Ladies Orchestra. Guest conductors included Hubert Parry and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

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This entry incorporates text from “Newbury Amateur Orchestral Union” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.