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He was Professor of Composition at London’s Royal Academy of Music from 1946 to 1968, and his pupils there included Richard Rodney Bennett, David Bedford and John Tavener. 1954 saw the premiere of his first opera Nelson at Sadler’s Wells. He was knighted in 1974 and from 1977–83 was President of the Cheltenham Festival. In later years, his adoption of serialism marked a darker and more brooding style. These are five short pieces, essential to any pianists library.
