Biography
Armstrong Gibbs was a prolific English composer whose reputation continues to solidify with new recordings and performances of his music. A composer, adjudicator and conductor who studied under Sir Adrian Boult and Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gibbs was a contemporary of Sir Arthur Bliss, Herbert Howells and Sir Arnold Bax.
Achieving renown for his solo songs, Armstrong Gibbs also wrote music for the stage, sacred works, three symphonies and a substantial amount of chamber music. Although a representative sampling has been performed and recorded, much of his music remains unpublished.
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Gibbs gained wide recognition during the early part of his life, but until recently, like many of his contemporaries, his music has been little known. Although he retired from adjudicating, he continued conducting and composing right to the end of his life.
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