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Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners [1] (18 September 1883 – 19 April 1950), also known as Gerald Tyrwhitt, was a British composer, novelist, painter, and aesthete.
British composer and designer most closely associated with Sadler's Wells Ballet. Self-taught as a composer, he wrote several ballet scores, including The Triumph of Neptune for Balanchine (1926) and A Wedding Bouquet (1937, which he also designed), Cupid and Psyche (1939), and Les Sirènes (1946), all for Ashton.
Learn about the life and works of Lord Gerald Berners, a composer, writer, painter and eccentric aristocrat. Explore his musical style, influences, commissions and legacy at Faringdon House.
Lord Berners, whose full name was Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, (born Apley Hall, Shropshire, 18 September 1883; died Faringdon House, Berkshire, 19 April 1950), was a British composer of classical music, novelist and painter.
Lord Berners was one of the most idiosyncratic and fascinating personalities in British music. He became a pioneer in the avant-garde when he wrote his first music whilst living in Rome as a diplomat during World War I; Balanchine choreographed his first two ballets and Ashton the next three; in 1931 he had the first exhibition of his paintings ...
Aug 18, 2021 · By 1925 Berners was a figure firmly ensconced in the drawing rooms of London intellectuals. His longest ballet The Triumph of Neptune is described as a hybrid of ballet-pantomime and harlequinade.
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