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Arthur Bliss

Arthur Bliss
Arthur Bliss c. 1922 (photograph by Herbert Lambert)
Short Name: Arthur Bliss
Full Name: Bliss, Arthur, 1891-1975
Birth Year: 1891
Death Year: 1975

Wikipedia Biography

Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss CH KCVO (2 August 1891 – 27 March 1975) was an English composer and conductor. Bliss's musical training was cut short by the First World War, in which he served with distinction in the army. In the post-war years he quickly became known as an unconventional and modernist composer, but within the decade he began to display a more traditional and romantic side in his music. In the 1920s and 1930s he composed extensively not only for the concert hall, but also for films and ballet.

Tunes by Arthur Bliss (3)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
MORTLAKEArthur Bliss (b. 1891) (Composer)213456 43254 32367
PEN SELWOODArthur Bliss (Composer)232176 5153
SANTA BARBARA (Bliss)Arthur Bliss, 1891- (Composer)243251 11235 4633

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