Albert William Ketèlbey (9 August 1875 - 26 November 1959) was an English composer, conductor and pianist.
Ketèlbey was born in Birmingham, England, as son of George Ketelbey , and Sarah Aston. At the age of eleven he wrote a piano sonata that won praise from Edward Elgar. Ketèlbey attended the Trinity College of Music in London, where he showed his talent for playing various orchestral instruments reflected in the masterfully colourful orchestration, especially of oriental inspiration, that became his trademark, and beat the runner-up, Gustav Holst, for a musical scholarship.

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