Arnold Bax - Harp Quintet (1919)

Arnold Bax

(8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953)

 English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber

pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral music. In addition to a series of symphonic poems he wrote seven symphonies and was for a time widely regarded as the leading British symphonist.

 Harp Quintet (1919)

This is a single-movement work for harp and string quartet by English composer Arnold Bax (1883-1953). He wrote the harp quintet at the time of his first visit to Ireland following the First World War. This visit led to Bax's lifelong fascination with Ireland and Irish mythology.