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ARNOLD, Sir Malcolm

Malcolm Arnold
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Born in Northampton, Oct 21, 1921
Died in Norwich, Sept 23, 2006

  • Arnold won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music when he was only 16. 
  • Arnold was an excellent trumpeter who played in the London Symphony Orchestra and other ensembles early in his career. 
  • Arnold was a prolific composer of both film music and concert music.1

Arnold’s Obituary in The Guardian

Sources

  1. Piers Burton-Page, “Arnold, Sir Malcolm,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed September 9, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000001303.

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