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Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax KCVO (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral music.
Here you can learn about Bax by reading interviews, essays and articles on his life and music as well as reviews of the latest recordings and concerts featuring his music. Each month this site will be updated to include new editorials, announcements, concert information and reviews.
Sir Arnold Bax was a British composer whose work is representative of the neoromantic trend in music that occurred between World Wars I and II. In 1900 he entered the Royal Academy of Music where he studied the piano. Influenced by the Celtic Revival and Irish poetry, he wrote in 1909 the symphonic.
Here is a composer whose musical world celebrates the high summer of youth and beauty and mixes with it a razor-keen sense of their passing. Darker, violent moods also storm through the music. Irish Celtic legend, Northern sagas, woodland idylls and the world of faerie weave in and out.
Oct 11, 2007 · Building a classical music library: Arnold Bax. The composer who was born in Streatham but spent most of his life pretending he was Irish. Stephen Moss. Thu 11 Oct 2007 05.25 EDT. Arnold...
Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax KCVO (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral music.
BAX DISCOGRAPHY. Compiled by Graham Parlett (February 2017) This is a revised and updated version of the discography that first appeared as Appendix 3 in A Catalogue of the Works of Sir Arnold Bax (OUP, 1999). There are three sections: I. RECORDINGS OF BAX’S MUSIC. II. RECORDINGS OF BAX PLAYING THE PIANO. III.
