Expand
  • Encuéntrenos en Facebook
  • Síguenos en Twitter
  • Síguenos en Instagram
  • Visite nuestro Canal en YouTube
  • Escuche en Spotify
  • Vea nuestros partituras en nkoda

Arthur Bliss studied at Cambridge and with Stanford at the Royal College of Music * After First World War, works showed influence of Stravinsky and Les Six, attracting some notoriety * In 1920s style broadened into more Elgarian vein, with such works as A Colour Symphony establishing him as a major figure * Collaborated with Ninette de Valois on Checkmate and with Robert Helpmann on two further ballets * In 1935 composed the first great film score for Korda's version of H.G.Wells's Things to Come * Many popular works for chorus and for brass band * During Second World War was Director of Music at BBC, laying foundations for the future Third Programme and Radio 3 * Appointed Master of the Queen's Music in 1953

Works by Arthur Bliss include:
A Colour Symphony (1921-22, rev.1932) for orchestra
Introduction and Allegro (1926, rev.1937) for orchestra
Conquest of the Air: Concert Suite (1937) for orchestra
Seven American Poems (1940) for low voice and piano

Manténgase actualizado sobre las últimas noticias y publicaciones del compositor