Lennox Berkeley

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Lennox Berkeley was a 20th-century English composer known for his refined, neoclassical style and contributions to orchestral, choral, and chamber music.

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Lennox Berkeley canonical 22
Sir Lennox Berkeley 3

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instanceOf classical composer
composer
human
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Bachelor
child Michael Berkeley
collaboratedWith Benjamin Britten
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1903-05-12
dateOfDeath 1989-12-26
educatedAt Merton College, Oxford
University of Oxford
employer Royal Academy of Music
Royal College of Music
familyName Berkeley
fullName Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley
genre chamber music
choral music
classical music
orchestral music
givenName Lennox
influencedBy Francis Poulenc
Igor Stravinsky
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Roman Catholic Church
movement neoclassicism in music
notableWork Clarinet Sonata, Op. 109
Divertimento in B-flat, Op. 18
Four Ronsard Sonnets, Op. 14
Guitar Concerto, Op. 88
Mass for Five Voices, Op. 9
Nelson (opera)
Piano Concerto, Op. 29
Serenade for Strings, Op. 12
Stabat Mater, Op. 28
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15
String Trio, Op. 19
Symphony No. 1, Op. 16
The Winter Garden (opera)
occupation composer
music teacher
placeOfBirth Boars Hill, Oxfordshire, England
placeOfDeath London, England
positionHeld Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music
religion Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male
spouse Freda Bernstein
studiedIn Paris
studiedUnder Nadia Boulanger

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Exeter College, Oxford notableAlumnus Lennox Berkeley
St Marylebone Grammar School educated Sir Lennox Berkeley
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Serenade for Strings, Op. 12 composer Lennox Berkeley
Symphony No. 1, Op. 16 composer Lennox Berkeley
Divertimento in B-flat, Op. 18 composer Lennox Berkeley
Stabat Mater, Op. 28 composer Lennox Berkeley
Piano Concerto, Op. 29 composer Lennox Berkeley
Piano Concerto, Op. 29 hasComposer Lennox Berkeley
Guitar Concerto, Op. 88 composer Lennox Berkeley
Mass for Five Voices, Op. 9 composer Lennox Berkeley
String Trio, Op. 19 composer Lennox Berkeley
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15 composer Lennox Berkeley
Clarinet Sonata, Op. 109 composer Lennox Berkeley
Clarinet Sonata, Op. 109 firstPerformer Lennox Berkeley
Clarinet Sonata, Op. 109 composer Sir Lennox Berkeley
linked to: Lennox Berkeley
The Winter Garden composer Lennox Berkeley
subject linked to: The Winter Garden (opera)
The Winter Garden hasComposer Sir Lennox Berkeley
subject linked to: The Winter Garden (opera)
linked to: Lennox Berkeley
The Winter Garden createdBy Lennox Berkeley
subject linked to: The Winter Garden (opera)
Nelson (opera) composer Lennox Berkeley
Nelson (opera) musicBy Lennox Berkeley
Freda Bernstein spouse Lennox Berkeley
Freda Bernstein associatedWith Lennox Berkeley