Ernest John Moeran
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ernest John Smeed Moeran, E. J. Moeran, Ernest J. Moeran, Moeran, Jack Moeran
English composer (1894-1950)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1894
- Died
- 1950
- Works
- 8
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1894-12-31
- Active to
- 1950-12-01
classicalcomposerenglish composer
Discography
- Bax: Oboe Quintet / Holst: Air and Variations / Three Pieces / Jacob: Oboe Quartet / Moeran: Fantasy Quartet1985
- Cello Concerto / Sinfonietta1986
- String Quartet in A minor / Sonata for Violin and Piano1986
- Symphony in G Minor / Overture for a Masque1988
- Three Rhapsodies / In the Mountain Country1989
- Violin Concerto / Lonely Waters/ Whythorne's Shadow1990
- Moeran: Serenade in G / Nocturne / Warlock: Capriol Suite / Serenade1990
- Moeran: Serenade in G / Sinfonietta / Finzi: The Fall of the Leaf / Nocturne1994
- Moeran: Sinfonietta / Rawsthorne: Concerto for String Orchestra / Bliss: Music for Strings1996
- String Quartets / String Trio1997
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,860
- Total plays
- 36,856
Tags
Classicalenglish20th Century Classicalenglandchamber music
Ernest John Moeran (December 31, 1894–December 1, 1950) was an English composer. Moeran was born in Heston (in the London Borough of Hounslow), the son of a clergyman of Irish descent, but his family soon moved to Bacton on the Coast of Norfolk, England. He learnt the violin and the piano as a child and, from 1913, studied at the Royal College of Music with Charles Villiers Stanford. He received serious head wounds in World War I and this is generally believed to have contributed to mental ill
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Heston
- Place of death
- Kenmare
- Occupation
- musicologist
- Educated at
- Uppingham School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- chamber music
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Ernest John Moeran, 1937.png
Show 4 more facts
- nickname
- Jack
- date of birth
- 1894-12-31
- date of death
- 1950-12-01
- birth name
- Ernest John Smeed Moeran
Sources (5)
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