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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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 Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
movement neoclassicism in music
notableWork Clarinet Sonata, Op. 109
Divertimento in B-flat, Op. 18
Sonnets pour Hélène
surface form: 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