Arthur Bliss
Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (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. In the Second World War, Bliss returned to England from the US to work for the BBC and became its director of music. After the war he resumed his work as a composer, and was appointed Master of the Queen's Music. In Bliss's later years, his work was respected but was thought old-fashioned, and it was eclipsed by the music of younger colleagues such as William Walton and Benjamin Britten. Since his death, his compositions have been well represented in recordings, and many of his better-known works remain in the repertoire of British orchestras. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 76871 | 12-in. | 2/9/1923 | Conversations, part 1 : The committee meeting; In the wood | Arthur Bliss | Orchestra | composer, conductor | |
Columbia | 76872 | 12-in. | 2/9/1923 | Conversations, part 2 : In the ballroom; Soliloquy | Arthur Bliss | Orchestra | conductor, composer | |
Columbia | 76873 | 12-in. | 2/9/1923 | Conversations, part 3 : In the tube at Oxford Circus | Arthur Bliss | Orchestra | conductor, composer | |
Columbia | 76874 | 12-in. | 2/9/1923 | Madam Noy | Arthur Bliss ; Anne Thursfield | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor, composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bliss, Arthur," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/357959.
Bliss, Arthur. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/357959.
"Bliss, Arthur." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Bliss, Arthur, 1891-1975 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80115696
Wikidata: Sir Arthur Bliss - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q508953
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/59268878
MusicBrainz: Sir Arthur Bliss - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dd595600-014b-498a-971d-c67198487f88
ISNI: 0000 0001 0906 1932 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000109061932
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