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