Arthur Bliss’s first orchestral compositions his studies for Full Orchestra are believed to have been composed in 1920. The first performance in 1921 was conducted by Arthur Bliss. Orchestration: 2 Flutes Oboe Cor Anglais 2 Clarinets in Bflat Bass Clarinet in Bflat 2 Bassoons Contrabassoon 4 Horns in F 2 Trumpets in C 3 Trombones Tuba Timpani Percussion Harp Celesta Strings. …

Arthur Bliss Pastoral for Clarinet and Piano was composed around 1916. It is one of two pieces for clarinet and piano the other is unpublished.'Pastoral'is composed for either clarinet in A or Bflat. The duration of the work is 3'30''.

Voice Piano. Bliss A

English composer and conductor Sir Arthur Bliss composed this successful ballet Checkmate in 1937.Bliss made various concert arrangements of the music and it brought him chances to write various dance scores. The ballet's 12 sections introduce the various pieces on the chessboard and lead up to a climactic struggle with the work's title indicating the outcome. With its theme of a war based in …

Things To Come was based on a novel by HG Wells set at the end of a world war which had not yet happened and is esteemed as a prescient and beautifully logical work of cinematic art. Bliss’s music is a dramatic lushly Orchestrated work of romantic modernism.The career of British composer Arthur Bliss followed a dramatic arc from his early reputation as an enfant terrible to his tenure in maturi…

Arthur Bliss was born in London on 2 August 1891. For over 50 years he was a familiar and central figure on the English musical scene. He was educated at Rugby and at Pembroke College Cambridge where he studied with Charles Wood. He attended the Royal College of Music for a single term before the First World War broke out and interrupted his studies for the duration.Fanfares composed for the wed…

The Beatitudes is a cantata by Arthur Bliss scored for Soprano and Tenor soloists SATB Chorus and Orchestra. This is the full score a full performance of which lasts around 50 minutes. The work was commissioned by the Coventry Cathedral Festival for the opening of the new cathedral in 1962. It was first performed on 25th May 1962 by Jennifer Vyvyan and Richard Lewis with the Coventry Cathedra…

The second of Two Ballads by Arthur Bliss - Flowers In The Valley was commissioned by the Isle Of Man Arts Council for the school children of the island. This accessible and enchanting setting of a text by Dame Edith Sitwell is the perfect choice for the summer months.

Piano

SKU: HL.14004585

Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Music Sales #NOV100351. Published by Music Sales (HL.14004585).

ISBN 9780853609964.

Selected works by Arthur Bliss for solo piano. Suitable for advanced…

Orchestra

SKU: HL.14004587

Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 56 pages. Music Sales #NOV890184. Published by Music Sales (HL.14004587).

ISBN 9780853608592. 8.25x11.75x0.165 inches.

Arthur Bliss's first orchestr…

Cello and Piano

SKU: HL.14007473

Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss. Music Sales America. Post-1900. Book [Softcover]. Music Sales #NOV120348. Published by Music Sales (HL.14007473).

8.25x11.75x0.419 inches.

Arthur Bliss' Concerto For Violon…

Arthur Bliss 'Angels Of The Mind' arranged for Soprano and Piano. Bliss had wanted to set some of Kathleen Raine's poems for a long time, but seeming to him as delicate as flowers or shells, he didn't want to spoil their fragile beauty. In 1964, he was invited to collaborate with…

A celebratory and devout anthem by set by Arthur Bliss for mixed chorus and Organ accompaniment

SATB Choir

SKU: HL.14004586

Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss. Music Sales America. Classical. Choral Score. Music Sales #NOV441445. Published by Music Sales (HL.14004586).

Military Band

SKU: HL.14000855

Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss. Music Sales America. Post-1900. Sheet Music, Score. With Text language: English. 8 pages. Music Sales #NOV080024. Published by Music Sales (HL.14000855).

8.25x11.75x0.058 inches.

Military Band s…

Military Band

SKU: HL.14036986

Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss. Music Sales America. Post-1900. Sheet Music, Parts. With Text language: English. Music Sales #NOV08002401. Published by Music Sales (HL.14036986).

6.25x8.25x0.302 inches.

Military band score and…

Brass Instruments

SKU: HL.14004583

Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Music Sales #NOV956802. Published by Music Sales (HL.14004583).

10.5x14.5x0.44 inches.

Written for the investiture of Charles, Prince of Wal…

Trumpet

SKU: HL.14004590

Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 16 pages. Music Sales #NOV08102201. Published by Music Sales (HL.14004590).

Bass Trombone

SKU: HL.14004589

Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 1 pages. Music Sales #NOV08102206. Published by Music Sales (HL.14004589).

8.25x6.0x0.01 inches.

Soprano Baritone Voice SATB Organ Accompaniment - intermediate

SKU: HL.14029953

Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss. Music Sales America. Sacred. Part. 84 pages. Music Sales #NOV072303. Published by Music Sales (HL.14029953).

8.25x11.75x0.37 inches.

This cantata…

Piano

SKU: HL.14036824

Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 12 pages. Music Sales #NOV100249. Published by Music Sales (HL.14036824).

8.25x11.75x0.062 inches.

This work was written in America in 1925. It shows a …

SSA Choir and Piano

SKU: HL.14000856

Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss. Music Sales America. Classical. Choral Score. 12 pages. Music Sales #NOV510669. Published by Music Sales (HL.14000856).

6.75x10.0x0.046 inches.

Tenor Violin Viola Cello Piano Accompaniment

SKU: HL.14000854

Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Music Sales #NOV95480001. Published by Music Sales (HL.14000854).

8.25x11.75x0.18 inches.

This work is dedicated …

Orchestra

SKU: HL.14024386

Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss. Music Sales America. Romantic. Score. 72 pages. Music Sales #NOV890006. Published by Music Sales (HL.14024386).

8.5x11.75x0.425 inches.

Overture Edinburgh was composed in 1952. There are certain ele…

This work was written for the League of Composers in America at the invitation of Varese and Salzedo. It was performed in New York in November 1923

Scored for: 2hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, timp, tubular bells