Word: shalott
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with his chromaticism and unusual instrumental combinations in works like Rout (for ten instruments and a soprano who sings nonsense syllables) and A Colour Symphony. He later wrote film scores, notably for the 1939 H.G. Wells' fantasy Things to Come, ballet music (including The Lady of Shalott for the San Francisco Ballet) and an opera, The Olympians, with a libretto by J.B. Priestley. Named court composer in 1953, the musical equivalent of poet laureate, Bliss also composed dozens of pieces for royal occasions from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth to the wedding of Princess Anne...