Sydney Baynes (2 January 1879 – 9 March 1938)[1] was an English conductor, composer and leader of one of the United Kingdom's most popular radio bands.
He gained his first employment as an organist in London and was later the piano accompanist for singers such as Edward Lloyd and Ben Davies.
Destiny was one of a series of generic waltzes based on one-word abstract nouns, such as "Ecstasy", "Frivolry", "Loyalty", "Mystery", "Victory" and "Witchery".
Other compositions included a Miniature Ballet Suite, the overture Endure to Conquer, first played at an Armistice Thanksgiving in Westminster Abbey.
However, it was as an arranger that Baynes made his mark, including Fifty Years of Song, The Gay Nineties, Tipperaryland and the dances from Sheridan's The Duenna.