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Malcolm Arnold. Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold CBE (21 October 1921 [1] – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music for brass band and wind band. His style is tonal and rejoices in lively rhythms ...
Malcolm Arnold fought against alcoholism, mental illness and the music establishment to create an eclectic body of work that embodied his unique artistic vision. “Music is a social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.” So saying, Malcolm Arnold firmly nailed his creative colours to the mast.
The Malcolm Arnold Society was founded in 1991, and since 2006 the town of Northampton has celebrated the composer with an annual Malcolm Arnold Festival. Honours and awards. 1937 – Scholarship to the Royal College of Music 1941 – W. W. Cobbett Prize, 2nd prize for Vita Abundans 1948 – Mendelssohn Scholarship
Sep 23, 2016 · Malcolm Arnold was born in 1921 in Northampton, the youngest of five children. His family were proudly upper-middle class, but behind the respectable front not all was well. Shoe manufacture was the family trade, but Malcolm’s father, an emotionally volatile man, had founded a rival firm to his grandfather after a falling out. ...
Sir Malcolm Arnold was born in Northampton on 21st October 1921. His early musical influences came from his mother, a fine amateur pianist and, later, from writing and improvising jazz with his brother and friends. A lover of the music of trumpeter Louis Armstrong, after meeting him on a family holiday at the Royal Bath Hotel at Bournemouth ...
In 1985 Malcolm Arnold received a knighthood in the 1993 New Year’s Honours List for his services to music. Malcolm Arnold’s music has – and continues to be – performed and recorded extensively by leading orchestras both nationally and internationally. His belief in contemporary music led him to be an influential advocate for Pierre ...
In 1969 Malcolm Arnold was made a Bard of the Cornish Gorseth, he was awarded the C.B.E. in 1970 and received honorary doctorates from the universities of Exeter (1969), Durham (1982) and Leicester (1984). He was made a fellow of the Royal College of Music in 1983 and is an Honorary R.A.M. In 1986 he received the Ivor Novello Award for ...
Oct 17, 2021 · Sir Malcolm Arnold has given joy and pleasure to millions of people all over the world through his music. His screen credits alone numbered far over one hundred, including iconic films such as The ...
Sep 23, 2006 · 1. Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59: I. Pesante. London Philharmonic Orchestra & Malcolm Arnold. 2. Medley/ The River Kwai March/Colonel Bogey March (From the Original Soundtrack to "the Bridge on the River Kwai") Malcolm Arnold. 3. Colonel Bogey March (Album Version) Malcolm Arnold.
A fascinating but sometimes chilling biography – "Philharmonic Concerto – the life and music of Sir Malcolm Arnold" by Piers Burton-Page – was published by Methuen in 1994… since the book deals candidly with the personal troubles which helped mould Arnold's astonishing Ninth Symphony, its essential reading for anyone interested in the ...
