Arnold Bax

About the artist

Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO (8 November 1883 — 3 October 1953), was an English composer and poet. His musical style blended elements of Romanticism and Impressionism, always with a strong Celtic influence. His orchestral scores are noted for their complexity and colourful instrumentation. Bax’s poetry and stories, which he wrote under the pseudonym of Dermot O’Byrne, reflect his profound affinity with Irish poet William Butler Yeats and are largely written in the tradition of the Irish Literary Revival.

Top songs

  1. Tintagel
  2. Summer Music
  3. November Woods
  4. Spring Fire: IV. Woodland Love - Romance
  5. The Garden of Fand
  6. Folk Tale
  7. Lento
  8. Paean
  9. Viola Sonata: I. Molto moderato - Allegro
  10. Mediterranean
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  1. Into the Twilight
  2. The Happy Forest
  3. Symphony No. 5: II. Poco Lento
  4. Lullaby
  5. In Memoriam, GP. 190
  6. Symphony No. 3: II. Lento
  7. Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major: II. Lento solenne
  8. Bax: Mater ora filium
  9. Elegiac Trio
  10. In the Faery Hills
  11. Legend-Sonata: Ii. Lento Expressivo
  12. Moderate tempo
  13. A Hill Tune
  14. Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
  15. Fanfare For the Wedding of Princess Elizabeth
  16. Mater ora Filium
  17. Symphony No. 7: I. Allegro
  18. I Sing Of A Maiden
  19. Symphony No. 6: I. Moderato - Allegro con fuoco
  20. Spring Fire: IV. Woodland Love (Romance)
  21. Spring Fire, GP 153: IV. Woodland Love. Romance
  22. Winter Legends: I. Allegro
  23. Spring Fire: I. In the Forest before Dawn
  24. Lyrical Interlude
  25. Harp Quintet: I. Tempo moderato
  26. The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew
  27. Nympholept
  28. Morning Song, "Maytime in Sussex"
  29. Clarinet Sonata: I. Molto moderato
  30. Moderato giocoso
  31. Harp Quintet: II. Tranquillo
  32. 4 Pieces for Piano: No. 3, Idyll
  33. Nereid
  34. Symphony No. 7: III. Theme and Variations: Allegro - Andante - Vivace - Epilogue
  35. Symphony No. 2 In E Minor And C Major: I. Molto Moderato - Allegro Moderato
  36. Fifth Symphony: II. Poco lento - Molto tranquillo
  37. Winter Legends: II. Lento, molto espressivo
  38. 4 Pieces for Piano: No. 2, Romanza
  39. Allegro
  40. Clarinet Sonata: II. Vivace
  41. Spring Fire: II. Daybreak and Sunrise
  42. The Maiden with the Daffodil
  43. Rogue's Comedy Overture
  44. Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major: I. Allegro moderato e feroce
  45. A Mountain Mood
  46. In a Vodka Shop
  47. Harp Quintet: III. Tempo primo
  48. Symphony No. 2 in E minor and C major: II. Andante
  49. Red Autumn
  50. Viola Sonata: II. Allegro energico e non troppo presto
  51. Symphony No. 6: II. Lento molto espressivo
  52. Symphony No. 5: I. Poco Lento - Allegro Con Fuoco
  53. Viola Sonata: III. Molto lento
  54. Symphony No. 7: II. Lento - In Legendary Mood: Piu mosso - Tempo I
  55. Phantasy Sonata: I. Allegro molto
  56. Spring Fire: III. Full Day
  57. Symphony No. 2 in E Minor and C Major: III. Poco largamente - Allegro feroce - Molto largamente
  58. The Princess's Rose Garden
  59. Saga Fragment
  60. Sonata for flute and harp: I. Allegro moderato
  61. Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major: III. Allegro maestoso - Allegro vivace ma non troppo presto - Tempo di marcia trionfale
  62. What The Minstrel Told Us
  63. First Symphony: II. Lento solenne
  64. Phantasy Sonata: II. Allegro moderato
  65. Tintagel, GP 213
  66. Oboe Quintet: II. Lento espressivo
  67. Spring Fire: V. Maenads
  68. Northern Ballad No. 2
  69. On the Sea Shore (Arr. for Orchestra)
  70. First Symphony: I. Allegro moderato e feroce - Moderato espressivo
  71. String Quartet No. 1 in G major: I. Allegretto semplice
  72. Symphony No. 4: I. Allegro moderato
  73. Sonata for flute and harp: II. Lento
  74. Symphonic Scherzo
  75. Burlesque
  76. Suite from Tamara - Dance of the Water Spirits
  77. Winter Legends: III. Molto moderato - Allegro molto -
  78. Symphony No. 3, GP 297: II. Lento
  79. Water Music
  80. This Worldes Joie
  81. Phantasy Sonata: IV. Allegro
  82. Winter Legends: III. Epilogue: Molto cantabile
  83. Phantasy Sonata: III. Lento espressivo
  84. Symphony No. 5: III. Poco Moderato
  85. Dream In Exile
  86. Legend
  87. Sonata for flute and harp: III. Moderato giocoso
  88. Harp Quintet
  89. Symphony No. 6: II. Lento, molto espressivo
  90. Spring Fire: In the Forest Before Dawn

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