Edward Mitchell (1891–1950) was a British pianist and composer best known for his interpretations of Russian piano music between the 1910s and the 1940s.
[6] He was also an early advocate of the music of Sergei Lyapunov, performing and broadcasting his Douze études d'exécution transcendente.
[8] As a composer Mitchell's greatest success was the 13 minute long Fantasy Overture for orchestra with six horns, which was first performed in 1922.
Other works (now entirely forgotten) include the orchestral overture Spirit of Youth, and piano works such as the Sonata Fantasy (1922), Six Studies, Poem: Autumn, Valse Sérieuse (published Elkin, 1921), Witches' Dance and the Two Sketches 'Reverie' and 'Fantasy Dance' (published Elkin, 1921).
[11] The Fantasy Overture was revived for its first modern performance in 1995 by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth.