Arnold Bax

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Arnold Bax was a prominent early 20th-century British composer and pianist known for his richly orchestrated, late-Romantic symphonies and tone poems often inspired by Celtic and Irish themes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Arnold Bax canonical 11
Arnold Edward Trevor Bax 1
Sir Arnold Bax 1

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Statements (89)

Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
orchestrator ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Bachelor ⓘ
burialPlace Cork ⓘ
linked to: Cork city

St Finbarr’s Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
composed score for the film "Oliver Twist" (1948) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfAward 1937 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1883-11-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1953-10-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Academy of Music ⓘ
endTime 1953 ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Bax ⓘ
fieldOfWork classical music ⓘ
film music ⓘ
symphonic composition ⓘ
tone poems ⓘ
fullName Arnold Edward Trevor Bax ⓘ
linked to: Arnold Bax
genre art song ⓘ
chamber music ⓘ
choral music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
piano music ⓘ
symphonic music ⓘ
givenName Arnold ⓘ
hasSibling Clifford Bax ⓘ
influencedBy Celtic literature ⓘ
Claude Debussy ⓘ
Irish mythology ⓘ
Richard Strauss ⓘ
Richard Wagner ⓘ
Russian music ⓘ
William Butler Yeats ⓘ
linked to: W.B. Yeats
languagesSpokenWritten English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
marriedTo Elsita Sobrino ⓘ
middleName Edward Trevor ⓘ
movement Impressionism in music ⓘ
late Romantic music ⓘ
notableIdea use of Celtic and Irish themes in orchestral music ⓘ
notableWork Clarinet Sonata ⓘ
In the Faëry Hills ⓘ
Into the Twilight ⓘ
November Woods ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G major ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 3 in G-sharp minor ⓘ
String Quartet No. 1 in G major ⓘ
String Quartet No. 2 in E minor ⓘ
Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major ⓘ
Symphony No. 2 in E minor and C major ⓘ
Symphony No. 3 in C major ⓘ
Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major ⓘ
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor ⓘ
Symphony No. 6 in E major ⓘ
Symphony No. 7 in A-flat major ⓘ
The Garden of Fand ⓘ
The Happy Forest ⓘ
Tintagel ⓘ
Violin Sonata No. 1 in E major ⓘ
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major ⓘ
Winter Legends ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
music critic ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
professor of music ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Streatham ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cork ⓘ
County Cork ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
positionHeld Master of the King’s Music ⓘ
Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music ⓘ
pseudonym Dermot O’Byrne ⓘ
religion agnosticism ⓘ
residence Ireland ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime 1942 ⓘ
style chromatic harmony ⓘ
lush late-Romantic idiom ⓘ
rich orchestration ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Celtic Revival → hasKeyFigure → Arnold Bax ⓘ
Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal → positionHeldBy → Sir Arnold Bax ⓘ
linked to: Arnold Bax
Michael Endres → recordedComposer → Arnold Bax ⓘ
Oliver Twist (1948 film) → musicBy → Arnold Bax ⓘ
Arnold Bax → fullName → Arnold Edward Trevor Bax ⓘ
linked to: Arnold Bax
Symphony No. 5 → associatedWith → Arnold Bax ⓘ
Harriet Cohen → closeFriend → Arnold Bax ⓘ
Harriet Cohen → partner → Arnold Bax ⓘ