Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley

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Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley was a prominent 20th-century British composer known for his lyrical, neoclassical style and contributions to orchestral, chamber, and vocal music.

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Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley canonical 3

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instanceOf British composer ⓘ
classical composer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1980s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Knight Bachelor ⓘ
convertedTo Roman Catholicism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1903-05-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1989-12-26 ⓘ
describedBySource 20th-century British composer ⓘ
educatedAt Merton College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oxford University ⓘ
employer BBC ⓘ
Royal Academy of Music ⓘ
familyName Berkeley ⓘ
fatherOf Michael Berkeley ⓘ
fieldOfWork chamber music ⓘ
opera ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
vocal music ⓘ
fullName Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
givenName Lennox ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced Michael Berkeley ⓘ
influencedBy Francis Poulenc ⓘ
Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
Maurice Ravel ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors ⓘ
linked to: The Ivors Academy

Fellow of the Royal College of Music ⓘ
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts ⓘ
movement neoclassicism in music ⓘ
notableWork A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45 ⓘ
Clarinet Sonata, Op. 109 ⓘ
Divertimento in B-flat, Op. 18 ⓘ
Four Ronsard Sonnets, Op. 26 ⓘ
Guitar Concerto, Op. 88 ⓘ
Mass for Five Voices, Op. 9 ⓘ
Missa Brevis, Op. 57 ⓘ
Nelson, Op. 41 ⓘ
linked to: Nelson (opera)

Piano Concerto, Op. 29 ⓘ
Requiem, Op. 48 ⓘ
Ruth, Op. 50 ⓘ
Serenade for Strings, Op. 12 ⓘ
Sonatina for Piano, Op. 13 ⓘ
Stabat Mater, Op. 28 ⓘ
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15 ⓘ
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 19 ⓘ
Symphony No. 1, Op. 16 ⓘ
The Castaway, Op. 48 ⓘ
The Winter Garden, Op. 33 ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
music teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boars Hill ⓘ
England ⓘ
Oxfordshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Boars Hill ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Freda Berkeley ⓘ
studiedIn Paris ⓘ
studiedUnder Nadia Boulanger ⓘ
style lyrical ⓘ
neoclassical ⓘ

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Lennox Berkeley → fullName → Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley ⓘ
Lennox Berkeley → fullName → Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley ⓘ
Symphony No. 1, Op. 16 → composerFullName → Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley ⓘ