BLISS, SIR ARTHUR EDWARD DRUMMOND


Meaning of BLISS, SIR ARTHUR EDWARD DRUMMOND in English

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).

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