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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.
The purpose of this web site is to provide information on the music of Sir Arnold Bax and to promote those musicians who perform his 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.
This is a list of musical compositions by English composer Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953).
Sir Arnold Bax (born November 8, 1883, London—died October 3, 1953, Cork, County Cork, Ireland) was a British composer whose work is representative of the neoromantic trend in music that occurred between World Wars I and II.
Bax ambiguously dismissed suggestions that it was inspired by the Great War. No. 2 is amongst Bax’s great works, mixing music of breathtaking beauty with molten savagery. No. 3, which has been his most played symphony is more pictorial in nature.
Arnold Bax (Composer, Arranger) Born: November 8, 1883 - Streatham, London, England Died: October 3, 1953 - Cork, Ireland: The outstanding English composer and poet, Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, was born into a Victorian upper-middle-class family, of Dutch descent. He grew up in Ivy Back, a mansion on top of Haverstock Hill, Hampstead.
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
Bax, Sir Arnold Edward Trevor (1883–1953), composer, was born 8 November 1883 in Streatham, London, the son of prosperous quaker parents. His father, Alfred Ridley Bax, was a barrister of the Middle Temple, who, possessed of private means, devoted the greatest part of his attention to antiquarian pursuits; he had married, relatively late, a ...
Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer and poet. His musical style blended elements of romanticism and impressionism, often with influences from Irish literature and landscape. His orchestral scores are noted for their complexity and colourful instrumentation.
Arnold Bax was appointed Master of the King's Music in 1942 during George VI's reign and held the post until his death in 1953. During his five years at the Royal Academy of Music, Bax had become interested in the poetry of W.B. Yeats that sparked a love affair with Ireland and Irish and Celtic culture that continued to his last days.
