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Robert Simpson

Born

in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, The United Kingdom

March 02, 1921

Died

November 21, 1997

Website

http://www.robertsimpson.info/

Genre

Music, Biography

Influences

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Robert Simpson was an English composer and long-serving BBC producer and broadcaster.

He is best known for his orchestral and chamber music (particularly those in the key classical forms: 11 symphonies and 15 string quartets), and for his writings on the music of Beethoven, Bruckner, Nielsen and Sibelius. He studied composition under Herbert Howells. Remarkably for a living contemporary composer, a Robert Simpson Society was formed in 1980 by individuals concerned that Simpson's music had been unfairly neglected. The Society aims to bring Simpson's music to a wider public by sponsoring recordings and live performances of his work, by issuing a journal and other publications, and by maintaining an archive of material relating to the composer. ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 73 ratings · 10 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Essence of Bruckner: An Essay Towards the Understanding of His Music 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1978 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Symphony: Volume 1: Haydn to Dvořák 3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1966 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Symphony: Volume 2: Elgar to the Present Day by Robert Simpson (Editor), David Cox (contributor), PETER JONA KORN (contributor) 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1966 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carl Nielsen: Symphonist 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beethoven Symphonies 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The symphony: volume 2: Mahler to the present day by Robert Simpson (Editor), Harold Truscott (Contributor), David Vassall Cox 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1967	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bernard Stevens And His Music: A Symposium by Robert Simpson (Foreword), Bertha Stevens 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The symphony, (Pelican books) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1972 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Symphony No. 9: Score really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	String Quartet No. 8: Study Score really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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