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Arthur Bliss
dr, GB
Musician / Composer / Conductor of Classical
Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (2 August 1891 – 27 March 1975) was a British composer. During WW II he became Director of Music at the BBC, and formed ideas which led to the division of music broadcasting into categories, then presented on different stations.
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Adam Zero: Approach of Autumn on Bliss: Colour Symphony / Adam Zero by Arthur Bliss & David Lloyd-Jones Things to Come: 6. March on Sir Arthur Bliss – The Decca Originals by Arthur Bliss Royal Fanfare on The Music of Royal Weddings by Various Artists March From Things To Come on Last Night of the Proms by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Bliss: Suite from Adam Zero: X. Dance with Death on Bliss: Suites from Checkmate & Adam Zero by Arthur Bliss, Vernon Handley & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Wedding Fanfare on The Music of Royal Weddings by Various Artists Adam Zero Suite, F. 1 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Robert Childs): I. Fanfare Overture on Bliss: Works for Brass Band by Arthur Bliss, Black Dyke Band & John Wilson Kenilworth, F. 113: II. Serenade on the Lake on Bliss: Works for Brass Band by Arthur Bliss, Black Dyke Band & John Wilson Whoso Dwelleth Under the Defence on Great Music From Great Occasions At Westminster Abbey by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arthur Bliss, Samuel Wesley, Dr. William McKie, Charles Villiers Stanford, Patricia Baird Ross, Hubert Parry, Walter Galpim Alcock, Jack Hilton, William Walton, Charles-Marie Widor, London Brass & Martin Neary Prayer of St Francis of Assisi, F. 47 on Bliss: Prince of Wales Investiture Music, Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi & Morning Heroes by Arthur Bliss, Brian Blessed, Michael Kibblewhite & London Philharmonic OrchestraTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Bliss Concerto For Violin And Orchestra William Walton Concerto For Violin And Orchestra | Arthur Bliss, Sir William Walton, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Lorraine McAslan, Martin Yates | 2017 | Album |
| British Cello Concertos | Arnold Bax, Arthur Bliss, Ernest John Moeran, Gerald Finzi - Raphael Wallfisch | 2016 | Compil. |
| Pomp And Circumstance Marches / Things To Come | Sir Edward Elgar / Arthur Bliss | 2013 | Album |
| Elgar Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Pomp and Circumstance Marches | Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, André Navarra, The London Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Bliss | 2012 | Album |
| The Monk And The Warrior | Arthur Bliss, York Bowen, H. Walford Davies, Rupert Marshall Luck, Matthew Rickard | 2011 | Album |
| Christopher Columbus / Seven Waves Away / Men Of Two Worlds / Baraza | Arthur Bliss, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adriano | 2009 | Album |
| British Composers: Britten: War Requiem / Bliss: Morning Heroes | Benjamin Britten, Arthur Bliss | 2007 | Compil. |
| Britten & Bliss | Benjamin Britten & Arthur Bliss, Vermeer Quartet, Alex Klein | 2006 | Album |
| British Modern Vol. 1 | Arthur Bliss • Edmund Rubbra • Malcolm Arnold • John Addison – Sidney Harth, Paul Kling, Peter McHugh, Leon Rapier – The Louisville Orchestra / Jorge Mester & Robert Whitney | 2005 | Compil. |
| A Colour Symphony, Things To Come, Adam Zero, Cello Concerto, Discourse for Orchestra, Christopher Columbus Suite, Concerto for Two Pianos | Arthur Bliss, Sir Charles Groves, Arto Noras, Paavo Berglund, Vernon Handley | 2005 | Compil. |
| Piano Concerto No. 3 - Piano Concerto | Ludwig van Beethoven, Arthur Bliss, Solomon | 2002 | Compil. |
| Frederick Thurston 1901-1953 Centenary Tribute (Quintet / 'Caoine' From Sonata Op. 129 / Quintet / Quartet) | Arthur Bliss, Charles Villiers Stanford, Frederick Thurston, Myers Foggin, The Griller String Quartet, Gordon Jacob, Alan Rawsthorne, Thea King, Aeolian String Quartet | 2001 | Compil. |
| The Film Music Of Sir Arthur Bliss | Arthur Bliss, Rumon Gamba | 2001 | Album |
| Elgar: Violin Concerto In B Minor, Op.61 • Bliss: Theme And Cadenza; Introduction And Allegro | Alfredo Campoli • The London Philharmonic Orchestra • Sir Adrian Boult • The London Symphony Orchestra • Arthur Bliss | 1997 | Compil. |
| English Music For Oboe And Strings | Arnold Bax, Arthur Bliss, Benjamin Britten, Pamela Pecha, Audubon Quartet | 1997 | Album |
| A Colour Symphony / The Enchantress / Cello Concerto | Arthur Bliss / Linda Finnie, Raphael Wallfisch, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 1997 | Compil. |
| Cello Concerto / Music For Strings / Two Studies | Arthur Bliss - Tim Hugh, English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones | 1996 | Album |
| A Colour Symphony • Adam Zero | Arthur Bliss / English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones | 1996 | Album |
| Elgar / Bax / Hadley / Bliss / Holst / Ireland | Sir Edward Elgar / Arnold Bax / Patrick Hadley / Arthur Bliss / Gustav Holst / John Ireland — BBC Symphony Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra - Sir Adrian Boult | 1995 | Compil. |
| Bliss Conducts Bliss: A Colour Symphony, Things To Come Suite, Introduction And Allegro | Arthur Bliss, The London Symphony Orchestra, Eileen Joyce, Muir Mathieson | 1995 | Compil. |
| The Composer Conducts | Alan Rawsthorne, John Addison, Richard Arnell, Arthur Bliss, Malcolm Arnold | 1993 | Compil. |
| Mêlée Fantasque - Serenade For Orchestra And Baritone ... | Arthur Bliss | 1992 | Album |
| Investiture Antiphonal Fanfare, Prayer Of St Francis Of Assisi, Morning Heroes | Arthur Bliss - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Kibblewhite | 1992 | Album |
| Cello Concerto / Hymn To Apollo / The Enchantress | Arthur Bliss - Raphael Wallfisch, Linda Finnie, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 1991 | Album |
| A Colour Symphony / Metamorphic Variations | Arthur Bliss, The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Barry Wordsworth | 1991 | Album |
| Viola Sonata / Masks / Triptych / Two Interludes / Toccata | Arthur Bliss, Emanuel Vardi, Kathron Sturrock | 1991 | Album |
| Piano Works | Arthur Bliss, Philip Fowke | 1991 | Album |
| Choral Works | Arthur Bliss | 1991 | Album |
| Pastoral / Music For Strings | Arthur Bliss – Della Jones, The Northern Sinfonia Chorus, Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1991 | Album |
| Three English Ballet Suites | Sir William Walton, Constant Lambert, Arthur Bliss | 1990 | Album |
| Music For Oboe & Strings | Arnold Bax, Arthur Bliss & Benjamin Britten - Pamela Woods, Audubon Quartet | 1989 | Album |
| A Colour Symphony Etc | Arthur Bliss, Sir Charles Groves, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Paavo Berglund | 1988 | Album |
| Checkmate - Adam Zero - Meditations On A Theme By John Blow | Arthur Bliss | 1987 | Compil. |
| A Colour Symphony / Checkmate Suite | Arthur Bliss - Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 1987 | Album |
| Choral Dances From 'Gloriana' / Pastoral 'Lie Strewn The White Flocks' / Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda | Benjamin Britten / Arthur Bliss / Gustav Holst - The Holst Singers, The Holst Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton | 1985 | Album |
| Bliss String Quartets | Arthur Bliss, The Delmé String Quartet | 1985 | Album |
| Rout • Madam Noy • The Women Of Yueh • Conversations • Rhapsody • Oboe Quintet | Arthur Bliss - The Nash Ensemble, Elizabeth Gale, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Lionel Friend | 1984 | Album |
| Checkmate / Adam Zero (Suites From The Ballets) | Arthur Bliss, Vernon Handley, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | 1983 | Album |
| Clarinet Sonata / Clarinet Quintet / 6 Studies In English Folksong | Arnold Bax / Arthur Bliss / Ralph Vaughan Williams - Janet Hilton, The Lindsays, Keith Swallow | 1983 | Album |
| Pastoral; A Knot Of Riddles | Arthur Bliss, Wyn Morris, The London Chamber Orchestra | 1982 | Album |
| Two English Oboe Quintets | Arnold Bax / Arthur Bliss - Bert Lucarelli, The Manhattan String Quartet | 1981 | Album |
| Piano Concerto / March Of Homage / Welcome The Queen | Arthur Bliss - Philip Fowke, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Atherton | 1981 | Album |
| Symphony No.5 / Five Dances From 'Checkmate' | Edmund Rubbra / Arthur Bliss - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Hans-Hubert Schönzeler | 1980 | Album |
| Meditations On A Theme Of John Blow - Overture 'Edinbugh' - Discourse For Orchestra | Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 1980 | Album |
| English Music For Viola And Piano | Ralph Vaughan Williams / Arthur Bliss - Emanuel Vardi, Frank Weinstock | 1979 | Album |
| Checkmate / Adam Zero (Suites From The Ballets) | Arthur Bliss, Vernon Handley, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | 1979 | Album |
| Enigma Variations Pomp And Circumstance Marches | Sir Edward Elgar / The London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux, Arthur Bliss | 1979 | Album |
| Concertos For Phyllis & Cyril | Cyril Smith, Phyllis Sellick, Malcolm Arnold, Arthur Bliss, Gordon Jacob, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | 1978 | Album |
| A Colour Symphony / Things To Come (Music From The Film) | Arthur Bliss / The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Groves | 1977 | Album |
| Music For Royal Occasions | The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Benjamin Britten, David Willcocks, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, St. John's College Choir, Arthur Bliss, George Guest | 1977 | Compil. |
| Cello Concerto / Miracle In The Gorbals (Suite From The Ballet) | Arthur Bliss, Arto Noras, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund | 1977 | Album |
| Violin Concerto / Introduction & Allegro / Theme & Cadenza | Arthur Bliss, Alfredo Campoli • The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1976 | Album |
| Concerto For Solo Piano And Nine Players Plus Piano Pieces By Bliss, E Goossens, Lambert, Walton | Richard Rodney Bennett - Constant Lambert / Arthur Bliss / Sir Eugene Goossens / Sir William Walton | 1976 | Album |
| Morning Heroes | Arthur Bliss / Sir Charles Groves, John Westbrook, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir | 1975 | Album |
| Music For Strings (1935) / Concerto For String Orchestra (1938) | Arthur Bliss, Herbert Howells, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | 1974 | Album |
| BLISS: Sonata for Piano / LAMBERT: Elegiac Blues | Arthur Bliss, Constant Lambert, Rhondda Gillespie | 1974 | Album |
| Checkmate / Matinées Musicales / Soirées Musicales / Horoscope | Arthur Bliss / Benjamin Britten / Constant Lambert | 1973 | Album |
| Festival Of English Music Vol. 4 | Sir Edward Elgar, Arnold Bax, Sir William Walton, Arthur Bliss | 1972 | Compil. |
| Introduction And Allegro / Overture To A Comedy / Elegy From 'A Downland Suite' / Overture-Panache / Cuban Suite / 'Interlude' And 'Epilogue' From 'The Shires Suite' | Arthur Bliss, Sir Michael Tippett, André Previn, Eric Pinkett Conduct Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra | 1971 | Album |
| An 80th Birthday Presentation For Sir Arthur Bliss | Arthur Bliss, The London Symphony Orchestra, Brian Priestman, Philip Ledger | 1971 | Album |
| Japanese Suite / Mêlée Fantasque / Mont Juic (Suite Of Catalan Dances) / Music For Children | Gustav Holst / Arthur Bliss / Lennox Berkeley / Benjamin Britten / Sir William Walton | 1971 | Album |
| Falstaff / A Colour Symphony | Sir Edward Elgar / Arthur Bliss ; The London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins | 1971 | Album |
| Lyrita Lollipops | Arthur Benjamin, Frederick Delius, Sir William Walton, Arthur Bliss | 1971 | Album |
| Music For Strings / Miracle In The Gorbals | Arthur Bliss / Philharmonia Orchestra | 1970 | Album |
| The Rio Grande. Etc. | Constant Lambert, Gladys Ripley, Kyla Greenbaum, Philharmonia Orchestra, Arthur Bliss, Gavin Gordon, Robert Irving, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | 1967 | Compil. |
| Meditations On A Theme By John Blow / Music For Strings | Arthur Bliss, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold | 1966 | Album |
| A Colour Symphony / Introduction And Allegro | Arthur Bliss ; The London Symphony Orchestra | 1964 | Album |
| Bax/Bliss Viola Sonatas | Arnold Bax, Arthur Bliss, Herbert Downes, Leonard Cassini | 1964 | Album |
| Quintet For Clarinet And Strings / Quintet For Oboe And Strings | Arthur Bliss, Melos Ensemble Of London | 1963 | Album |
| Piano Concerto | Arthur Bliss / Trevor Barnard / Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent | 1962 | Album |
| Piano Sonata in 3 Movements | Arthur Bliss | 1960 | Album |
| Pomp And Circumstance (Marches Nos. 1 And 4) | Sir Edward Elgar, Arthur Bliss, The London Symphony Orchestra | 1959 | Single |
| Suite From "Things To Come" | Arthur Bliss Conducting The London Symphony Orchestra | 1959 | Single |
| Pomp And Circumstance, Things To Come, Welcome To The Queen | Sir Edward Elgar, Arthur Bliss, The London Symphony Orchestra | 1958 | Album |
| Коккейн (В Городе Лондоне) / Сюита Из Балета «Шахматы» | Sir Edward Elgar / Arthur Bliss - Russian State Symphony Orchestra | 1956 | Album |
| Miracle In The Gorbals Ballet Suite, Giselle Ballet Music | Arthur Bliss, Adolphe C. Adam, Constant Lambert, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | 1950 | Album |
| Checkmate Ballet Suite / Water Music Suite / Set Of Act-Tunes And Dances | Arthur Bliss Conducts The Sinfonia Of London | Album | |
| Meditations on A Theme By John Blow; Music For Strings | Arthur Bliss | Album | |
| Dedicated To The People Of The United States Of America | Arthur Bliss | Album | |
| Соната Ля Минор | Arthur Bliss / Игорь Аптекарев | Album | |
| Organ Sonata No. 1 in G and organ music by Bliss, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Williamson | Sir Edward Elgar, Arthur Bliss, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Malcolm Williamson | Album | |
| A Tribute To Solomon | Solomon, Ludwig van Beethoven, Arthur Bliss, Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt | Compil. | |
| Les Patineurs Ballet ("The Skaters") / Checkmate | Giacomo Meyerbeer / Arthur Bliss | Album |
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