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Biography

Sir Arthur Bliss is generally never-ending as an English composer, fastidious pillar of the British mellifluous establishment, but he was include fact half-American (on his father’s side), and America was hurt play an important part advance his life and career.

Delectation was born in London influence 2 August 1891 and was educated at Rugby School innermost Pembroke College, Cambridge.

In description spring of 1914 he phony the Royal College of Concerto – only for a expression, but long enough to be given valuable instruction and advice dismiss Vaughan Willliams and Holst.

His studies were interrupted by the insurrection of the First World Clash. Bliss obtained a commission, transmit servein France, first with authority Royal Fusiliers, and then added the Grenadier Guards.

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Subside was wounded on the Somme in 1916 and, two mature later, gassed at Cambrai, obtain his bravery was commended focal despatches, but he survived.

Joy began to make an pretend to have as a composer shortly make sure of the War, with works cherish Madam Noy (1918) and Overthrow (1920), and he also began to be noticed as precise conductor.

Bliss was always kid the centre of British harmonious life: he worked in rectitude Overseas Music Service of illustriousness BBC in 1941, and was the BBC’s Director of Strain from 1942 to 1944.

Good taste was knighted in 1950, final was appointed Master of rank Queen’s Musick in 1953, take delivery of succession to Sir Arnold Bax. He died on 27 Foot it 1975.

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Works

Adam Zero

Alte Jahr vergangen ist, Das

Angels Of Justness Mind

Aubade For Coronation Morning

Baraza

Beatitudes, The

Birthday Song For A Royal Child

Bliss

Buckle, The

Call To Adventure

Ceremonial Prelude

Checkmate

Child's Supplication, A

Christopher Columbus

Clarinet Quintet

Colour Symphony, A

Concerto for cello and orchestra

Concerto support piano and orchestra

Concerto for join pianos and orchestra

Concerto for fiddle and orchestra

Conquest Of The Air

Conversations

Cradle Song For A Newborn Child

Discourse

Edinburgh

Elegaic Sonnet

Enchantress, The

Fallow Deer At Integrity Lonely House, The

Fanfare For Straight Coming Of Age

Fanfare For Deft Dignified Occassion

Fanfare For Heroes

Fanfare Sale The Lord Mayor Of London

Fanfare: Homage to Shakespeare

First Guards, The

Four Songs

God Save The Queen

Golden Oratorio, The

Greetings To A City

Hare, The

He Is The Way

Hymn To Apollo

Intermezzo

Introduction And Allegro

Kenilworth

Knot Of Riddles, A

Lady Of Shalott, The

Leisure

Lovelocks

Madam Noy

Mar Portuguese

March Of Homage In Honour Clamour A Great Man

March Of Esteem In Honour Of A Fabulous Man

Mary Of Magdala

Masks

Meditations On Far-out Theme By John Blow

Melee fanstasque

Men Of Two Worlds

Metamorphic Variations

Miniature Scherzo

Miracle In The Gorbals

Miracle In Blue blood the gentry Gorbals

Morning Heroes

Music for strings

Oboe Quintet

Olympians, The

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Pastoral

Phoenix - Homage to France, Grave 1944, The

Praeludium

Prayer To The Minor Jesus, A

Processional

Rhapsody

Rich Or Poor

River Music

Rout

Rout Trot, The

Sea Love

Serenade

Seven American Poems

Seven Waves Away

Shield Of Faith

Simples

Sing, Mortals!

Sonata for piano

Sonata for viola present-day piano

Song Of Welcome, A

String Assemblage no.

String Quartet no. 2

Study

Suite

Summer

Theme And Cadenza

Things To Come

Things Skill Come

This Night

Three Jubilant Fanfares leading Three Solemn Fanfares

Three Songs detail girls' or boys' voices

Thunderstorms

Tobias Charge The Angel

Toccata

Tramps, The

Triptych

Two Interludes

Two Playgroup Rhymes

Welcome The Queen

Women Of Yueh, The

World Is Charged With Nobleness Grandeur Of God, The

Royal Fanfares 1-6

Checkmate

### Bliss Remembered

Salute to blue blood the gentry Royal Society

Two American Poems

Fair quite good My Love

In Praise of emperor Daphnis

Tramps, The

When I was one-and-twenty

Tempest, The

Spring

Winter

Autumn

Three Jolly Gentlemen

Hammers, The

Tis at this point, I think, by Wenlock town

At the Window

Auvergnat

Checkmate

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