THE GOLDEN AGE HAS PASSED A CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF ARNOLD BAX written and presented by Michael Oliver THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified March 21, 1998 At Sherkin Island with Aloys Fleischmann (Junior) in 1934 Note from Robert … Continue reading →
“BAX AND ELGAR” a lecture by Ian Lace THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified May 7, 1997 The following text is taken from a lecture given by Ian Lace. Ian is a prominent music scholar and critic (he … Continue reading →
The Symphonies of Arnold Bax by Colin Scott-Sutherland THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified May 18, 1997 Note: Musicologist Colin Scott-Sutherland is well known and loved to all Baxians. He wrote the pioneering study on Bax’s life and … Continue reading →
The Unwritten Operas of Arnold Bax by Graham Parlett THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified May 18, 1997 Note: Musicologist Graham Parlett is one of the most noted authorities on Arnold Bax’s music. His orchestrations from piano sketches … Continue reading →
ARNOLD BAX – deja vu? A Composer’s Musings by Arthur Butterworth THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified May 18, 1997 Note: Composer Arthur Butterworth is well known to lovers of British music. His symphonies have been performed by … Continue reading →
MUSICIANS AND OTHERS ON SIR ARNOLD BAX THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE “My son in Music,” Jean Sibelius Last Modified August 9, 1998 Vernon Handley Conductor Vernon Handley in an interview with Ian Lace as printed in The British … Continue reading →
The Bax Symphonies REVISITED by Ian Lace THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified May 11, 2003 Bax with the pianist Harriet Cohen. Cohen and Bax were life-long friends and occasional lovers. She championed his music until the end … Continue reading →
British Symphonists – Arnold Bax by Jürgen Schaarwächter THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified December 7, 1997 Note: This is a revised and amended extract from the author’s book ‘Die britische Sinfonie 1914-1945’. Köln: Musikverlag Christoph Dohr, 1995, … Continue reading →
Bax and John Ireland by John Longmire THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified July 1, 1997 This article by John Longmire first appeared in the August 1969 (Vol. 6) issue of the Sir Arnold Bax Society Bulletin. Longmire … Continue reading →
The Pagan World of Arnold Bax by Graham Parlett THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified October 9, 1999 Note: Musicologist Graham Parlett is one of the most noted authorities on Arnold Bax’s music. His orchestrations from piano sketches … Continue reading →
