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Article: Unfinished symphony; Christopher Morley on the delayed premiere of a work by Arnold Bax.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- July 3, 2009
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Byline: Christopher Morley
Though not in fact quite as common as popular conception would have us believe, the idea of composers being inspired by their special muse has some roots in reality.
Off the top of my head, Beethoven, Verdi, Puccini and Debussy come to mind as having their muse-ical moments. Berlioz, Schumann, Chopin, Wagner, Mahler, Elgar and Britten (let's not underestimate his devotion to Peter Pears) were more permanently smitten. And Arnold Bax had a passionate relationship with the pianist Harriet Cohen.
Bax, who was Master of the ...