1537733

Portrait of Sir Arthur Edward Bliss, CH, KCVO,#1537733

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Portrait of Sir Arthur Edward  Bliss, CH, KCVO,#1537733
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Portrait of Sir Arthur Edward Bliss, CH, KCVO, 1891-1975, Master of the Queen's Music by (John) Kenneth Green </em></td>
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Half length, writing a musical score, signed and dated 1960.

Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, CH, KCVO (August 2, 1891 - March 27, 1975) was a British composer.

Born to an English father and American mother, Bliss was destined to display characteristics of both nations, his profound romanticism balanced by an unquenchable energy and optimism. After studying at the Royal College of Music under Charles Villiers Stanford, he served as an infantry officer in the First World War.

With the return of peace, Bliss?s career took off rapidly as a composer of what were, for British audiences, startlingly new pieces often for unusual ensembles, such as a concerto for wordless tenor voice, piano and strings, and Rout for soprano and chamber orchestra, in which the voice sings phonetic sounds rather than words. Much of his early music shows the influence of Stravinsky and Debussy. A landmark was his Colour Symphony of 1922 which explores the idea of the musical associations of different colours.

From the late twenties onwards Bliss moved more into the traditional English scene with choral works such as Pastoral and Morning Heroes, and in the 1930s he wrote the music for the film Things to Come and the ballet Checkmate. Bliss was always an ambitious, prolific composer, and some of his works were clearly intended for a wider international audience than they actually received. The Introduction and Allegro and the Piano Concerto are examples, the concerto being premiered by Solomon at the ...
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#: 2977</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:20th Century</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:UK</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:John Kenneth Green</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:34</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:28</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Portrait of Sir Arthur Edward Bliss, CH, KCVO,</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Traditional</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Oil on Canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Oil on Canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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