Arnold Edward Trevor Bax
Born: 8th November 1883, London, England
Died: 3rd October 1953, Cork, Ireland
Nationality: English
Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral music. In addition to a series of symphonic poems, he wrote seven symphonies and was for a time widely regarded as the leading British symphonist.
Bax was born in the London suburb of Streatham to a prosperous family. He was encouraged by his parents to pursue a career in music, and his private income enabled him to follow his own path as a composer without regard for fashion or orthodoxy.
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Further Reading: Bax
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Antonio Pappano and the LSO perform Holst's The Planets
27th Mar 2026
The London Symphony Orchestra and their Chief Conductor perform a powerful yet mystical account of Gustav Holst's survey of the solar system, alongside a majestic reading of Arnold Bax's Cornish tone poem, Tintagel.
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Mark Bebbington on Private Passions
25th Feb 2019
The British pianist talks to David about his new album of works by Arnold Bax & Harriet Cohen.
Popular Genres: Bax
Orchestral
Chamber
Instrumental
Choral
Concertos
Popular Works: Bax
- A Mountain Mood (5)
- Clarinet Sonata in D major (1934) (13)
- Elegiac Trio (14)
- Folk-Tale for cello and piano (6)
- I sing of a maiden that is makeless (7)
- In the Faery Hills (5)
- Legend (14)
- Mater Ora Filium (13)
- Mediterranean (tone poem for orchestra, 1922) (5)
- Mediterranean for piano (1920) (8)
- Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex) (7)
- Moy Mell (An Irish Tone-Poem) (5)
- Nereid (5)
- November Woods (7)
- Nympholept (5)
- O Dame Get Up and Bake Your Pies (5)
- Oboe Quintet (1922) (5)
- Oliver Twist (5)
- Paean (5)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor (6)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in G (7)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in G-sharp Minor (5)
- Piano Sonata No. 4 in G (6)
- Rann of Exile (5)
- Rogue's Comedy Overture (6)
- Summer Music (6)
- Symphony No. 1 in E flat (7)
- Symphony No. 2 in E minor and C major (8)
- Symphony No. 3 in C (9)
- Symphony No. 4 (7)
- Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (7)
- Symphony No. 6 (8)
- Symphony No. 7 (6)
- The Garden of Fand (17)
- The Happy Forest (8)
- This Worldes Joie (7)
- Tintagel (33)
- Viola Sonata (7)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in D (1915) (5)
- What the Minstrel Told Us (5)
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