Stanley Bate

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Stanley Richard Bate (born December 12, 1911 in Plymouth , † October 19, 1959 in London ) was an English composer .

Life

Stanley Bate studied from 1932 to 1936 at the Royal College of Music , where he was a composition student of Ralph Vaughan Williams . From 1936 to 1937 he was in Paris student of Nadia Boulanger (and possibly Maurice Ravel ) and at the Academy of Music in Berlin by Paul Hindemith . In 1937 he returned to England and became musical director of the Phoenix Theater in London. In 1938 he married the composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks .

He and his wife traveled through Australia from 1939 to 1940, where he performed as a pianist. He lived in the USA until 1944, where many of his works were successfully performed with him as a soloist. In 1945 he went on a trip through Brazil, where he appeared in front of Heitor Villa-Lobos and directed several radio concerts. Between 1946 and 1949 he lived again in the USA. In 1949 he returned to England and settled in London. At the 10th Cheltenham Annual Festival of British Contemporary Music in 1954, his 3rd symphony was performed with great success. Shortly before his death in 1958 he went on a concert tour to the USA and Yugoslavia.

Bate was a prolific composer. He created operas , ballets and film music, symphonies and instrumental concerts, chamber music works, numerous piano sonatas and songs .

Works

  • The Forest Enchanted , Opera, 1928
  • All for the Queen - a faerie phantasy , 1931
  • String Quartet , 1933
  • 1st Symphony in E minor , 1934
  • Eros , ballet, 1935
  • Orchestra overture , 1936
  • String Quartet No. 1 , 1936
  • Two Preludes for chamber orchestra, 1936
  • Violin Concerto No. 1 , 1936–37
  • Six Pieces for an Infant Prodigy for piano, 1937
  • Goyescas for piano and string quartet, 1937
  • Five pieces for string quartet , 1937
  • Perseus , Ballet, 1938-39
  • Cap over Mill , ballet, 1939
  • 3rd symphony , 1940
  • 2nd piano concerto , 1940
  • Romance and Toccata for piano, 1941
  • String Quartet No. 2 in C minor, 1942
  • Violin Concerto No. 2 , 1943
  • Concerto for two pianos and orchestra , 1943
  • Suite No. 1 for piano solo, 1943
  • The Fifth Year , soundtrack, 1944
  • Haneen , Fantasy on an Arabic Theme for flute, gong and strings, 1944
  • Overture to a Russian War Relief Concert for two pianos four hands, 1944
  • Viola Concerto , 1944–46
  • Sinfonietta No. 2 , 1945-46
  • Pomes Penyeach , songs based on James Joyce , 1946
  • Jean Helion , film music, 1946
  • Dance Variations , Ballet, 1946
  • Highland Fling , ballet, 1946
  • Pastorale for military band, 1946–47
  • Three Hilaire Belloc Songs , 1947-48
  • Violin Concerto No. 3 , 1947–50
  • Troilus and Cressida , ballet after William Shakespeare , 1948
  • 3rd piano concerto , 1951–52
  • Concerto grosso for piano and strings, 1952
  • Prelude, Rondo and Toccata for piano, 1953
  • The Pleasure Garden , soundtrack, 1953
  • Light through the Ages , soundtrack, 1953
  • 4th symphony , 1955
  • Incantations for soprano and orchestra, 1957

Web links

Detailed résumé Bates on musicweb-international.com (in English)

personal data
SURNAME Bate, Stanley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bate, Stanley Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Plymouth
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1959
Place of death London