Arthur Somervell
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British composer and art song writer (1863–1937)
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Vinony files it under 1863 births, 1937 deaths and 19th-century British male musicians.
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- One Thousand Exercises - Book I
- Songs of the Four Nations
- Fifty Steps in Sight-Singing (Yesterday's Classics)
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Sir Arthur Somervell (5 June 1863 – 2 May 1937) was an English composer, and after Hubert Parry one of the most successful and influential writers of art song in the English music renaissance of the 1890s-1900s. He was born in Windermere, Westmorland, the son of the founder of K Shoes, and was initially educated at Uppingham School and King's College, Cambridge,[1] where he studied composition under Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. From 1883 to 1885 he studied at the High School for Music <a href
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arthur
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Windermere
- Place of death
- Greater London
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- King's College
- Employer
- Royal College of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Student of
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Image
- Sir Arthur Somervell.jpg
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- Commons category
- Arthur Somervell
- archives at
- National Library of Wales
- date of death
- 1937-05-02
- date of birth
- 1863-06-05
- student
- Norman O'Neill
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- P12749
- Cabaret Balkan
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Arthur Somervell, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![Come to me soothing sleep: (“Otho”)/([Komp:] Handels- arr. A. Somervell)](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F007077%2Ffon_snp_a_007077_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![Spring is coming: (“Otho”)/([Komp:] Handels- arr. A. Somervell)](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F007077%2Ffon_snp_a_007077_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
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