Born in Sunningwell Plains, Boars Hill, Oxford, May 12, 1903
Died in London, Dec 26, 1989
- Lennox Berkeley was an English composer from an aristocratic family.
- Berkeley loved French music, was a friend of Ravel and Poulenc, and studied with Nadia Boulanger.
- Berkeley was a devout Catholic and he was notable for the deep emotion of his religious music (a quality also present in his instrumental slow movements, according to Grove’s article).1
Sources
- Joan Redding and Peter Dickinson, “Berkeley, Sir Lennox,” Grove Music Online (Oxford University Press, 2001), July 24, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000044828.