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Malcolm Arnold

1921 - 2006

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Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music for brass band and wind band. His style is tonal and rejoices in lively rhythms, brilliant orchestration, and an unabashed tunefulness. He wrote extensively for the theatre, with five ballets specially commissioned by the Royal Ballet, as well as two operas and a musical. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Malcolm Arnold is the 640th most popular composer (down from 586th in 2019), the 2,046th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,638th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Malcolm Arnold ranks 640 out of 1,451. Before him are Alex North, Johan Helmich Roman, Wolfgang Schmieder, John Taverner, Georgy Sviridov, and Pierre Henry. After him are Arthur Sullivan, Johann Friedrich Agricola, Antoine Forqueray, Hermann Levi, Veljo Tormis, and Oskar Nedbal.

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Among people born in 1921, Malcolm Arnold ranks 152. Before him are Ilse Aichinger, Daniel Gélin, Alphonse Massamba-Débat, Manitas de Plata, Louis Lachenal, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver. After him are Sixto Durán Ballén, Alex Haley, Esther Williams, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Deanna Durbin, and Eugenio Coșeriu. Among people deceased in 2006, Malcolm Arnold ranks 128. Before him are Jurij Brězan, Esther Lederberg, Alberto Spencer, Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, Silva Kaputikyan, and Don Thompson. After him are Yuval Ne'eman, Valentín Paniagua, Asima Chatterjee, Igor Sergeyev, Joe Rosenthal, and William Auld.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Malcolm Arnold ranks 2,046 out of 8,785. Before him are Jeremy Thorpe (1929), Wat Tyler (1341), John Hume (1937), Sam Heughan (1980), Edmund Gunter (1581), and John Sykes (1959). After him are Sidney Paget (1860), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), Arthur Sullivan (1842), Alan Smith (1980), Jared Harris (1961), and John Morton (1420).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Malcolm Arnold ranks 28. Before him are Frederick Delius (1862), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), William Boyce (1711), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), John Bull (1562), and John Taverner (1490). After him are Arthur Sullivan (1842), Jeremiah Clarke (1674), John Stanley (1712), Thomas Morley (1557), Stanley Myers (1930), and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892).

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