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Arnold Bax and his family returned to London - it was the loss of a blissful life. Bax avoided conscription because of a heart-condition, and spent the war years composing profusely. Although World War I unleashed previously unimagined horrors upon the world, it was the Easter Rebellion and the destruction of Dublin that greatly disturbed Bax.
Arnold Bax is a fascinatingly enigmatic personality and his life before the First World War, when he had a foot on either side of the Irish Sea, gives rise to interesting questions about his place in relation to Irish art music in the early twentieth century.
The Celtic explorer
Jun 12, 2023 · Arnold Bax’s Concerto, later the Phantasy, for viola and orchestra, was written for, and dedicated to, the violist Lionel Tertis. It was premiered by him during a Philharmonic Society concert on 17 November 1921. The Phantasy was played several times in the ensuing years but was then largely forgotten until its revival in 1989 by Vernon ...
Part and parcel of the British Composer Arnold Bax’s attachment to Ireland was his warm friendship with the Fleischmanns in Cork. Drawing on original letters between the composer and this musical family, Séamas de Barra tells the story. Séamas de Barra. On Monday October 5, 1953 Aloys Fleischmann wrote to Sir John Barbirolli:
Arnold Bax Follow Artist + Bax was a leading British composer of the first half of the 20th century, producing rich, dramatic post-Romantic music echoing his own emotional life.
Arnold Bax was appointed Master of the King's Music in 1942 during George VI's reign and held the post until his death in 1953. During his five years at the Royal Academy of Music, Bax had become interested in the poetry of W.B. Yeats that sparked a love affair with Ireland and Irish and Celtic culture that continued to his last days. One of his final works was the Coronation March in ...
