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Frank Bridge
Born: February 26, 1879; Brighton, England
Died: January 10, 1941; Eastbourne, London, England
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Frank Bridge studied violin and composition at the Royal College of Music, graduating in 1904. A scholarship enabled him to study with Charles Villiers Stanford for four years (1899-1903). Bridge quickly established a reputation as a gifted violist and conductor. In 1906, he played with the Joachim Quartet, and he was a member of the English String Quartet through 1915. He conducted some operas at the Savoy Theatre and Covent Garden, and when Sir
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A Dead Violet, H 38 (2)
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A Dedication, for piano, H. 171 (1)
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A Dirge, H 21 (2)
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A Fairy Tale Suite (2)
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A Prayer (2)
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A Sea Idyll (1)
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Adagio for organ in E major, H. 63/2 (3)
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Adoration, H 57 (5)
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All things that we clasp, H 77 (2)
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Allegretto grazioso for Organ (1)
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Allegro appassionato, H 82 (7)
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Allegro Moderato for Strings (2)
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Amaryllis, H 59 (1)
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An Irish Melody "Londonderry Air", H 86 (3)
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Arabesque, for piano, H. 112/4 (1)
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Berceuse, for piano in B flat major, H. 8d (1)
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Berceuse, H 8 (6)
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Blow, blow thou winter wind, H 33 (2)
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Canzonetta for Piano, H 169 (2)
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Capriccio for Piano no 1 in A minor (1)
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Capriccio for Piano no 2 in F sharp minor (1)
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Characteristic Pieces (4) for Piano (1)
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Characteristic Pieces (4) for Piano: no 2, Fragrance (1)
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Come to me in my dreams, H 71 (3)
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Con moto for Violin and Piano in G minor, H 22 (1)
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Coronation March (2)
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Cradle Song, H 46 (3)
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Dance Poem (2)
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Dance Rhapsody (2)
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Dawn and Evening, H 26 (2)
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Dear, when I look into thine eyes, H 85 (1)
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Divertimenti for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon (1)
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Dramatic Fantasia, H 66 (3)
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Elegy for Cello and Piano, H 47 (2)
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Enter Spring, H 174 (9)
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Entr'actes (2) (2)
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Entr'actes (5) (2)
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Etude rhapsodique (1)
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Evening Primrose, for female chorus & piano, H. 159 (1)
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Fair Daffodils, H 51 (1)
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Gargoyle, for piano, H. 177 (1)
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Gargoyle, H 177 (1)
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Go Not, Happy Day, for voice & piano, H. 34 (1)
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Go not, happy day, H 34 (11)
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Golden Hair, H 165 (2)
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Gondoliera (2)
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Graziella (1)
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Heine Songs (2), H 27: no 1, Where e'er my bitter teardrops fall (1)
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Heine Songs (2), H 27: no 2, E'en as a lovely flower (3)
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Henry VIII Entering London (1)
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Hidden Fires, for piano, H. 172 (1)
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Hilli-ho, hilly-ho, H 91 (3)
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Hour Glass, H 148 (2)
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Hour Glass, H 148: no 2, Dew Fairy (1)
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Idylls (3) for String Quartet, H 67 (7)
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If I could choose, H 12 (1)
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Improvisations (3) for Piano left hand, H 134 (1)
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Improvisations (3) for piano, left hand, H. 134 (1)
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In Autumn (2)
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In Autumn: Retrospect (1)
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In Autumn: Through the Eaves (1)
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Into her keeping, H 143 (1)
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Isobel, for voice & piano, H. 102 (1)
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Isobel, H 102 (3)
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Journey's End, H 167 (2)
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Lament for 2 Violas (1)
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Lament for 2 Violins and Viola (1)
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Lament for Catherine (1)
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Lament, H 117 (8)
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Lay a Garland on my hearse, for 2 part chorus (1)
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Lay a Garland on my hearse, for 2 part chorus & piano, H. 138 (1)
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Lean close thy cheek against my cheek, H 50 (1)
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Lean out of the window (1)
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Love is a rose, H 81 (1)
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Love went a-riding, for voice & piano (or orchestra), H 114 (1)
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Love went a-riding, H 114 (13)
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Lyrics (3) for Piano, H 161 (1)
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Lyrics (3) for Piano, H 161: no 1, Heart's Ease (1)
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Lyrics (3) for piano, H. 161 (1)
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Mantle of blue, H 131 (2)
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Mélodie for Violin/Cello and Piano, H 99 (3)
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Mélodie, for violin (or cello) & piano in C sharp minor, H. 99 (1)
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Mid of the Night (1)
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Miniature Pastorals (3), Set 1, H 127 (2)
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Miniature Pastorals, for piano, Set 3, H. 150 (1)
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Miniature Suite for Piano (1)
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Miniatures for Piano Trio, Set 1, H 87 (1)
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Miniatures for Piano Trio, Set 1, H 87: no 1, Minuet (1)
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Miniatures for Piano Trio, Set 1, H 87: no 2, Gavotte (1)
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Miniatures for Piano Trio, Set 1, H 87: no 3, Allegretto con moto (1)
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Miniatures for Piano Trio, Set 2, H 88 (1)
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Miniatures for Piano Trio, Set 2, H 88: no 1, Romance (1)
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Miniatures for Piano Trio, Set 2, H 88: no 2, Intermezzo (1)
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Miniatures for Piano Trio, Set 2, H 88: no 3, Saltarello (1)
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Miniatures for Piano Trio, Set 3, H 89 (1)
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Miniatures for Piano Trio, Set 3, H 89: no 1, Valse russe (2)
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Miniatures for Piano Trio, Set 3, H 89: no 2, Hornpipe (2)
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Miniatures for Piano Trio, Set 3, H 89: no 3, Marche militaire (2)
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Moderato for Piano in E minor, H 29 (2)
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Moderato, for piano in E minor, H. 29 (1)
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Morceau caracteristique (1)
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Morning Song (1)
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Moto perpetuo, H 4c (1)
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My pent up tears oppress my brain, H 72 (2)
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Night lies on the silent highways, H 36 (2)
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Norse Legend, H 60 (2)
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Novelletten (3), H 44 (4)
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O That It Were So, for voice & piano, H. 105 (2)
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O that it were so. H 105 (1)
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O weary hearts! O slumbering eyes!, H 92 (1)
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Old English Songs (2), H 119 (1)
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Old English Songs (2): no 1, Sally in our alley, H 119a (7)
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Old English Songs (2): no 2, Cherry Ripe, H 119b (9)
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Oration, H 180 (4)
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Organ Pieces, Book 1, H 56: no 1, Allegretto grazioso (2)
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Organ Pieces, Book 1, H 56: no 3, Allegro marziale (2)
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Organ Pieces, Book 2, H 139: no 2, Andantino (1)
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Pensée Fugitive, for piano in F minor, H. 16 (1)
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Pensées fugitives for Piano no 1, H 16 (1)
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Pensiero, for viola & piano (1)
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Pensiero, H 53a (5)
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Peter Piper, for 3 equal voices (1)
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Peter Piper, for 3 equal voices, H. 123 (1)
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Phantasie for String Quartet in F minor (1)
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Phantasie Trio, for violin, cello & piano in C minor ("Piano Trio No. 1"), H. 79 (1)
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Phantasm, H 182 (4)
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Pieces (3) for Organ, H 63: Adagio in E major (1)
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Pieces (3) for Organ, H 63: no 2, Adagio in E major (15)
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Pieces (3) for Organ, H 63: no 3, Allegro con spirito (1)
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Pieces (3) for Piano (2)
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Pieces (3) for String Quartet (1)
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Pieces (4), for viola & piano (1)
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Poems (2) of Richard Jefferies, H 118 (4)
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Poems (2) of Richard Jefferies, H 118: no 1, The open air (1)
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Poems (2) of Richard Jefferies, H 118: no 2, The story of my heart (1)
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Poems (3) for Piano (1)
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Poems (3), for piano (1)
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Prayer, for chorus & orchestra (1)
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Prayer, for chorus & orchestra, H. 140 (1)
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Psalm 92 "It is a good thing to give thanks" (1)
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Quartet for Piano and Strings in C minor (1)
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Quartet for Piano and Strings in F sharp minor, H 94 "Phantasie" (7)
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Quartet for Strings in B flat major (1)
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Quartet for Strings in F minor "Phantasie Quartet" (3)
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Quartet for Strings no 1 in E minor, H 70 "Bologna" (4)
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Quartet for Strings no 2 in G minor, H 115 (3)
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Quartet for Strings no 3, H 157 (5)
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Quartet for Strings no 4, H 188 (5)
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Quintet for Piano and Strings in D minor, H 49a (5)
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Quintet for Strings in E minor (2)
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Rebus Overture (2)
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Rhapsody Trio for 2 Violins and Viola (1)
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Romanze for Violin and Piano, H 45 (1)
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Rosemary, for orchestra, H. 68b (1)
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Sally in Our Alley, for string quartet, H. 119/1 (1)
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Scherzettino for Piano, H 20 (1)
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Scherzettino, for piano in G minor, H. 20 (1)
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Scherzetto for Cello and Piano, H 19 (3)
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Scherzo Phantastick for String Quartet in E minor, H 6 (2)
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Serenade for Violin and Piano, H 23 (4)
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Sextet for Strings in E flat major (2)
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Short Pieces (2) for Cello and Piano: no 1, Meditation (3)
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Short Pieces (4) for violin (or cello) & piano, H. 104 (1)
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Short Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, H 104: no 2, Spring Song (6)
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Sir Roger de Coverley, H 155 (14)
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Sister awake, close not your eyes, for 2 part chorus (1)
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Sister awake, close not your eyes, for 2 part chorus, H. 137 (1)
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Sketches (3) for Piano, H 68 (3)
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Sketches (3) for Piano, H 68: no 2, Rosemary (1)
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So early in the morning, H 130 (1)
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So perverse, H 61 (3)
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Sonata for cello & piano in D minor, H 125 (1)
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Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, H 125 (13)
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Sonata for Piano (1)
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Sonata for Piano, H 160 (3)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano, H 48 (3)
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Songs (2) of Robert Bridges, H 65 (1)
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Songs (3) for Voice, Viola and Piano, H 76 (2)
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Songs (3) for Voice, Viola and Piano, H 76: no 1, Far, far from each other (1)
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Songs (3) for Voice, Viola and Piano, H 76: no 2, Where is it that our Soul doth Go? (1)
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Songs (3) for Voice, Viola and Piano, H 76: no 3, Music, when soft voices die (2)
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Songs (3) of Tagore, H 164: no 1, Day after day (2)
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Songs (3) of Tagore, H 164: no 2, Speak to me my love (2)
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Songs (3) of Tagore, H 164: no 3, Dweller in my deathless dreams (1)
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Souvenir (3)
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Spring Song, H157 (1)
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Strew no more red roses, H 109 (3)
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Suite for String Orchestra, H 93 (7)
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Summer, H 116 (9)
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Tears, idle tears, H 62 (1)
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The Bee, H 110 (3)
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The Devon maid, H 25 (2)
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The Evening Primrose, for 2 part chorus (1)
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The Graceful Swaying Wattle (1)
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The Hag, H 14 (1)
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The Last Invocation, H 136 (4)
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The Primrose, H 13 (1)
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The Sea, H 100 (9)
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The Sea, H 100: no 1, Seascape (4)
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The Sea, H 100: no 2, Sea Foam (1)
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The Sea, H 100: no 3, Moonlight (1)
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The Sea, H 100: no 4, Storm (1)
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The Violets Blue, H 70 (1)
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There is a willow grows aslant the brook, H 174 (8)
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Threads, H 151: Intermezzi (2) (2)
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Thy hand in mine, H 124 (3)
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Tis but a week, H 146 (2)
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Trio for Piano and Strings in C minor, H 79 "Phantasie" (5)
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Trio for Piano and Strings no 2, H 178 (6)
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Valse-Intermezzo for Strings in E minor, H 17 (5)
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Vignette de Marseille (1)
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Vignettes de danse, H 166: Carmelita (2)
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Vignettes de danse, H 166: Nicolette (2)
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Vignettes de danse, H 166: Zoraida (2)
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What shall I your true love tell?, H 145 (1)
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When most I wink, H 5 (1)
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When you are old, H 142 (2)
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Where she lies asleep, H 113 (2)
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Winter Pastoral, for piano, H. 168 (1)
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Biography |
by Chris Morrison
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Frank Bridge studied violin and composition at the Royal College of Music, graduating in 1904. A scholarship enabled him to study with Charles Villiers Stanford for four years (1899-1903). Bridge quickly established a reputation as a gifted violist and conductor. In 1906, he played with the Joachim Quartet, and he was a member of the English String Quartet through 1915. He conducted some operas at the Savoy Theatre and Covent Garden, and when Sir Thomas Beecham organized his New Symphony Orchestra in 1906, he named Bridge as his assistant. Bridge also befriended Sir Henry Wood and occasionally substituted for him as conductor at Queen's Hall; Wood later became an important champion of Bridge's music. During this period, Bridge was writing mostly chamber music and songs. His few orchestral works of the time were much influenced by the French Impressionists; the first of them to become part of the standard repertoire was the suite The Sea (1911).
World War I was a traumatic time for Bridge, an ardent pacifist. One can hear more dissonance and darkness creeping into such works as the Cello Sonata in D minor (1913-1917) and the Quartet No. 2 in G minor (1915). After several years of near-silence, Bridge's next big work signaled a large shift in style. The Piano Sonata (1921-1924) was written in memory of composer Ernest Farrar, who was killed in action in France, in 1917. In it, one hears considerably more dissonance, abrupt changes of mood and tempo, and a more angular and aggressive sound. This stylistic evolution continued in works like the third (1926) and fourth (1937) string quartets, which flirt with Schoenberg-like atonality.
In his last two decades, Bridge composed, occasionally conducted, and did some traveling, including trips to the United States in 1923, 1934, and 1938. He also did some private teaching. Certainly his best-known pupil was Benjamin Britten, who was an 11-year-old prodigy when Bridge met him in 1924. Britten retained a great affection for his teacher, and paid tribute to him in the Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (1937), based on the second of the latter's Three Idylls for String Quartet (1906). Britten was also partly responsible for the subsequent interest in Bridge's music.
Among Bridge's later compositions were a lovely opera, The Christmas Rose (begun 1919, set aside for years and completed only in 1930), as well as several important chamber and orchestral works. His last completed composition was the Rebus Overture (1940); he also left a symphony for strings unfinished at his death. |
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