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Arthur Bliss was born in London on 2 August 1891. For over 50 years he was a familiar and central figure on the English musical scene. He was educated at Rugby and at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he studied with Charles Wood.
Arthur Bliss became widely respected, especially as a composer of orchestral works; after a substantial revision of the Colour Symphony, his Morning Heroes (essentially a second symphony), with its mixture of Classical texts and war poetry can be seen as a prototype of what Benjamin Britten achieved with his much later War Requiem (1960).
Oct 10, 2013 · Arthur Bliss (1891-1975): A Colour Symphony (1921/1932).I. Purple. Andante MaestosoII. Red. Allegro vivace [06:18]III. Blue. Gently flowing [13:20]IV. Green....
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Sir Arthur Bliss is generally remembered as an English composer, a pillar of the British musical establishment, but he was in fact half-American (on his father’s side), and America was to play an important part in his life and career. Bliss was born in London on 2 August 1891 and was educated at Rugby School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Aug 17, 2023 · August 17, 2023. Twitter Facebook Email. Sir Arthur Bliss – Standing out from the Crowd by Paul Spicer Published 2023 384 pages, including appendices and index. With colour and black & white illustrations ISBN: 978-0-7198-1633-8 Paperback Robert Hale/The Crowood Press. In 2015 Paul Spicer published a very fine biography of Sir George Dyson ...
Jul 20, 2020 · Born in Barnes, London in 1891, Arthur Bliss was the eldest of three brothers. His mother, Agnes Bliss, died in 1895, so the brothers were raised by their father, who was a supporter and lover of the arts. This influenced the Bliss brothers hugely, and Arthur initially studied Classics at Cambridge University, where he graduated in 1913.
