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Leonard Constant Lambert (23 August 1905 – 21 August 1951) was a British composer, conductor, and author. He was the founder and music director of the Royal Ballet, and (alongside Dame Ninette de Valois and Sir Frederick Ashton) he was a major figure in the establishment of the English ballet as a significant artistic movement. [1]
Constant Lambert (born Aug. 23, 1905, London—died Aug. 21, 1951, London) was an English composer, conductor, and critic who played a leading part in establishing the ballet as an art form in England. Lambert was commissioned in 1926 by Diaghilev to compose the ballet Romeo and Juliet.
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We owe Constant Lambert (1905–1951) a huge amount, and the flashes of brilliance that survive from his short life only suggest the energy with which he established the possibilities for English...
Jul 17, 2019 · Summary. Lambert was a Roman candle: he flared up brilliantly, then was gone. STEPHEN Walsh's assessment epitomizes the generally received view of Constant Lambert (1905–51). The book he was reviewing when he made this remark, Stephen Lloyd's Constant Lambert: Beyond the Rio Grande (2014), sets out in great detail Lambert's key ...
Constant Lambert was a British composer, conductor, and writer who influenced by jazz and modernism. He wrote ballets, operas, orchestral works, and books on music, such as Music, Ho!
List of compositions by Constant Lambert. Constant Lambert in a portrait by Christopher Wood (1926) This is a list of musical works written by Constant Lambert : Ballets. Prize-fight (1 act), 1923–4, London, FP 6 March 1924, rev. 1925, 1927, unpublished. (also version for piano, four hands)
Constant Lambert was a British composer, conductor, and music critic who wrote in various styles, from jazz to neo-Classical. Learn about his life, works, influences, and controversies on AllMusic.
