BLISS, SIR ARTHUR

Sir Arthur Bliss was born in London and studied at Rugby and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He received his musical education at the Royal College of Music and was involved in staging concerts and writing incidental music. His contributions to lighter orchestral music resulted from his film scores for Alexander Korda ’s Things to Come (1936) and for Christopher Columbus (1949), Men of Two Worlds (1946) and Seven Waves Away (1956).