York Bowen
Composer
1884 – 1961
Who was York Bowen?
Edwin York Bowen was an English composer and pianist. Bowen’s musical career spanned more than fifty years during which time he wrote over 160 works. As well as being a pianist and composer, Bowen was a talented conductor, organist, violist and horn player. Despite achieving considerable success during his lifetime, many of the composer’s works remained unpublished and unperformed until after his death in 1961. Bowen’s compositional style is widely considered as ‘Romantic’ and his works are often characterized by their rich harmonic language. He was one of the most notable English composers of piano music of his time.
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- Born
- Feb 22, 1884
London - Nationality
- England
- Education
- Royal Academy of Music
- Lived in
- London
- Died
- Nov 23, 1961
London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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