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 NERFINISHED
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
University of Oxford
surface form: Oxford University
employer BBC
Royal Academy of Music NERFINISHED
familyName Berkeley NERFINISHED
fatherOf Michael Berkeley NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork chamber music
opera
orchestral music
vocal music
fullName Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley NERFINISHED
genre classical music
givenName Lennox NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced Michael Berkeley NERFINISHED
influencedBy Francis Poulenc NERFINISHED
Igor Stravinsky NERFINISHED
Maurice Ravel NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors NERFINISHED
Fellow of the Royal College of Music NERFINISHED
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts NERFINISHED
movement neoclassicism in music
notableWork A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45 NERFINISHED
Clarinet Sonata, Op. 109 NERFINISHED
Divertimento in B-flat, Op. 18 NERFINISHED
Four Ronsard Sonnets, Op. 26 NERFINISHED
Guitar Concerto, Op. 88 NERFINISHED
Mass for Five Voices, Op. 9 NERFINISHED
Missa Brevis, Op. 57 NERFINISHED
Nelson, Op. 41 NERFINISHED
Piano Concerto, Op. 29 NERFINISHED
Requiem, Op. 48 NERFINISHED
Ruth, Op. 50 NERFINISHED
Serenade for Strings, Op. 12 NERFINISHED
Sonatina for Piano, Op. 13 NERFINISHED
Stabat Mater, Op. 28 NERFINISHED
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15 NERFINISHED
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 19 NERFINISHED
Symphony No. 1, Op. 16 NERFINISHED
The Castaway, Op. 48 NERFINISHED
The Winter Garden, Op. 33 NERFINISHED
occupation composer
music teacher
placeOfBirth Boars Hill NERFINISHED
England
Oxfordshire NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath England
London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
positionHeld Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Boars Hill NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
sexOrGender male
spouse Freda Berkeley NERFINISHED
studiedIn Paris NERFINISHED
studiedUnder Nadia Boulanger NERFINISHED
style lyrical
neoclassical

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Lennox Berkeley fullName Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley