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- Malcolm Arnold fought against alcoholism, mental illness and the music establishment to create an eclectic body of work that embodied his unique artistic vision.
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Music. Arnold was a relatively conservative composer of tonal works, but a prolific and popular one. He acknowledged Hector Berlioz as an influence, alongside Gustav Mahler, Béla Bartók and jazz. [9] Several commentators have drawn a comparison with Jean Sibelius.
Dec 17, 2021 · Malcolm Arnold was immensely prolific and wrote music for around 70 feature films and 50 documentaries. His music was tonal and he was a powerful communicator, a sort of British Shostakovich, and he wrote some amazing film scores; The Chalk Garden is a very good example of what he was doing.
Malcolm Arnold fought against alcoholism, mental illness and the music establishment to create an eclectic body of work that embodied his unique artistic vision. “Music is a social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.”
Nov 26, 2021 · The composer Malcolm Arnold was prodigiously productive, and won an Academy Award for his “Bridge on the River Kwai” score, but was plagued by mental illness. Credit... PA Images, via Getty...
In 1937 Sir Malcolm was awarded a scholarship at the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied the trumpet with Ernest Hall and composition with Gordon Jacob. After a successful career as the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s first trumpet, he became a full-time composer in 1948.
Arnold began his professional musical life in July 1941 as second trumpet with the London Philharmonic Orchestra - eventually becoming the orchestra’s Principal Trumpet. By the end of the 1940’s, he was concentrating entirely on composition.
Born in Northampton on 21st October 1921, Malcolm Arnold studied composition with Gordon Jacob and trumpet with Ernest Hall at the Royal College of Music. In 1941 he joined the trumpet section of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, becoming principal by 1943.
