Short Name: | Lennox Berkeley |
Full Name: | Berkeley, Lennox, 1903-1989 |
Birth Year: | 1903 |
Death Year: | 1989 |
Lennox Berkeley was born in 1903 in Oxfordshire, England. He studied French at Merton College, Oxford, but also studied organ. During this time he met Maurice Ravel who suggested that he study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He became a Roman Catholic in 1928, which influenced his music. He was a friend and collaborator with Benjamin Britten. He composed a wide range of orchestral works, choral works, and opera.
Dianne Shapiro, from biography be Peter Dickinson, 1991 accessed from Wise Music Classical website (https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/composer/109/Lennox-Berkeley/) (3/20/22)
Tunes by Lennox Berkeley (4)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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BINHAM | Lennox Berkeley (Composer) | 2 | |
BOAR'S HILL | Lennox Berkeley, 1903- (Composer) | 2 | 34321 35545 |
[I sing of a maiden] (Berkeley) | Lennox Berkeley, 1903- (Composer) | 2 | 12345 12345 6 |
WIVETON | Lennox Berkeley, 1903- (Composer) | 2 | 56536 35421 5 |