Lionel Salter (8 September 1914 – 1 March 2000) was an English pianist, conductor, writer and administrator who had a long association with the British Broadcasting Corporation.
[4] After a brief period working at Denham Studios (London Films) with Muir Mathieson (where he edited Arthur Bliss's score for Things to Come) he joined the BBC in 1936.
[5] During the war Salter was involved in both educational and intelligence roles, and when his duties took him to Algiers he stepped in as chief guest conductor of the Radio France Symphony Orchestra, which was based there in 1943-44.
He composed, arranged and conducted for radio, television and films (for instance The Divorce of Lady X (1938), adjudicated at festivals, lectured and broadcast, and made over 100 opera translations.
[1] A visit to interview Pablo Casals in Prades was the initial impetus in 1954 for a 26 part radio series, The Heritage of Spain, prepared with Roberto Gerhard.