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GIBBS, Armstrong

Born in Great Baddow, Essex, Aug 10, 1889
Died in Chelmsford, May 12, 1960

  • C. Armstrong Gibbs studied music at Trinity College, Cambridge, and later took classes at the Royal College of Music with Vaughan Williams, Charles Wood and Adrian Boult.
  • Gibbs was a composer, music educator and festival adjudicator.
  • As a composer, Gibbs is best known for his songs.1

Biography

Sources

  1. Stephen Banfield and Ro Hancock-Child, “Gibbs, Cecil Armstrong,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed October 9, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000011093.