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[1] Later years and death. By 1961, Arnold had a reputation for being unpleasant, frequently drunk and highly promiscuous. He divorced his first wife in that year. His second wife took out a court order after they separated. After their divorce, he made two suicide attempts. [1] His later years saw a decline in both his health and his finances.
Malcolm Arnold: A Life. 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.”. So saying, Malcolm Arnold firmly nailed his ...
- Early Life
- Early Struggles and Successes
- The Reputation Paradox
- At The Height of His Powers
- Reassessment
Malcolm Henry Arnold was born in 1921, and alongside the tumultuous political events around the world, this was a time of profound cultural change. In the same year, the first birth control clinic opened, insulin was isolated, the Miss America competition appeared, and Chanel patented their new No. 5 fragrance. Perhaps most importantly for the life...
Arnold’s prodigious talent as a composer was immediately clear, and only two years later, as both the NHS and the State of Israel were born, Ghandi was assassinated and the MW Empire Windrush arrived in Britain, he left the LPO to pursue a full-time career in composition. 1948 was an exciting time to be writing, but the musical landscape was compli...
And yet here we encounter the paradox of Arnold’s dual reputations as a composer for the concert platform and for the screen. Repeatedly through the late 1940s he was criticised for the violence and dissonance of his concert music. His First Symphony (1949) took a long time to become established, while Henri Christophewas rejected by the Festival o...
By 1961, the year of Arnold’s Fifth Symphony, now widely regarded as his greatest, the world had changed beyond recognition. Algeria has achieved independence after a bloody war, South Africa was leaving the commonwealth, The US and Cuba had broken off relations, and in America itself the Civil Rights movement was gathering pace. The first ICBM was...
Fortunately, the world did not wait for the obligatory death-plus-fifteen-years to begin a serious reassessment of his reputation. That began in 1991 with his seventieth birthday celebration at the BBC Proms, and appropriately, given the world he had been born into and lived through, was also the year which saw the end of the Cold War and Apartheid...
Malcolm Arnold. Composer: The Bridge on the River Kwai. 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.
- October 21, 1921
- September 23, 2006
Apr 25, 2020 · Sir Malcolm Arnold with his Oscar (Photo: courtesy Malcolm Arnold Estate) With his new wife and infant son Edward, who was born in Cornwall, he threw himself enthusiastically into the musical life of the County, in particular Brass Bands and specifically the Cornwall Youth Brass Band.
Nov 26, 2021 · It turned out to be the manuscript of Malcolm Arnold’s Seventh Symphony, a work that had been thought lost for 30 years, with movements dedicated to each of its composer’s three children.
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May 13, 2022 · The Inside Story, then, sweeps away the many myths that have surrounded the intriguing figure of Malcolm Arnold. It offers arresting new facts about his life, fresh insights into his music and much food for thought about the care of the mentally ill and its legal aspects.
