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20th Century Late Romantic English

BAX, Sir Arnold

Sir Arnold Bax, photographed by Herbert Lambert, circa 1922

Born in Streatham, UK, Nov 8, 1883
Died in Cork, Oct 3, 1953

  • Sir Arnold Bax was well regarded as English symphonist in 1920s and 30s.
  • He also composed ballets, tone poems, and film scores, including Oliver Twist (1948, dir. David Lean).1

Short biography

Sources

  1. Lewis Foreman, “Bax, Sir Arnold,” Grove Music Online (Oxford University Press, 2001), accessed July 18, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000002380.

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