born Aug. 2, 1891, London, Eng.
died March 27, 1975, London
British composer.
He studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst . Though he was compositionally adventurous at first, he later adopted a conservative, Romantic style. His works include A Colour Symphony (1922), Pastoral (1928), the choral symphony Morning Heroes (1930), Music for Strings (1936), and the ballets Checkmate (1937) and Miracle in the Gorbals (1944).