Arnold Cooke
Arnold Cooke (born November 4, 1906 in Gomersal / Yorkshire , † August 13, 2005 in Five Oak Green / Kent ) was an English composer .
Cooke studied first in Cambridge with Cyril Rootham and from 1929 to 1932 in Berlin with Paul Hindemith . From 1933 he was professor of music theory and composition at the Royal Manchester School of Music , from 1947 at Trinity College of Music in London .
In addition to two operas , a ballet , six symphonies , a piano, a flute, an oboe, two clarinet and a violin concerto , he wrote more than one hundred and fifty chamber music works and songs .
Cooke was a representative of a neo-baroque style. In 1975 he received the commission for his Symphony No. 4 from the Royal Philharmonic Society in London.
Web links
- Short biography on musicweb.international
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| SURNAME | Cooke, Arnold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gomersal , Yorkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 2005 |
| Place of death | Five Oak Green , Kent |