Robert Simpson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Robert, Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson
English composer and BBC producer and broadcaster (1921–1997)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Eight panes of glass
- The Symphony
- The Essence of Bruckner
- Carl Nielsen Symphonist 1965-1931
- Diabolique, Issue #3
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 783
- Total plays
- 16,694
Tags
Classicalbritishcomposercontemporary classical20th Century
Robert Simpson (1921-1997) was arguably Britain's most important composer since Vaughan Williams; he was certainly one of the century's most powerful and original symphonists anywhere. He completed 11 symphonies, concertos for violin, piano, flute and cello, 15 string quartets, and two choral compositions. Simpson used those large-scale forms to grapple with particular compositional problems, often with considerable ingenuity. Most employ the structural <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robert+
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Simpson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Leamington Spa
- Place of death
- Tralee
- Occupation
- film editor
- Educated at
- Westminster School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Herbert Howells
- Genre
- symphony
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- name in native language
- Robert Simpson
- date of birth
- 1921-03-02
- date of death
- 1997-11-21
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