Lord Berners

Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt -Wilson, 14th Baron Berners ( born September 16, 1882 in Apley Park at Birdgnorth in the county of Shropshire, † April 19, 1950 in Faringdon, Oxfordshire ) was an English composer, writer and painter. He was also known under the name Gerald Tyrwhitt, but is usually referred to as Lord Berners.

Life

His father was the Commodore Hugh Tyrwhitt, third son of Harriet Tyrwhitt, 12th Baroness Berners. The family comes from Sir John Bourchier, a grandson of King Edward III. , From.

Berners visited the famous Eton College and traveled to prepare for the diplomatic service in Dresden, Vienna, France and Italy. As Attaché Honorary he served in Constantinople Opel and Rome. In 1918 he inherited the title of his uncle and thus several farms, on which he spent most of the rest of his life.

Tyrwhitt -Wilson was already in his youth to his open homosexuality. He was an eccentric, so he dyed, for example, the pigeons in his hometown colorful. In the literary circles of the United Kingdom of the 1920s and 1930s he was a well known personality, who is mentioned in many books and biographies. The Mitford Sisters he was friends, especially Diana stood close to him.

Especially in the last years of life suffered Tyrwhitt -Wilson from depression.

He was known both as a talented composer, as well as a significant painter and as a writer. That put him in the press called " the versatile peer ' one. Tyrwhitt -Wilson published two autobiographies and several novels. Of lasting importance, his compositions have remained. Apart from a short musical studies with Igor Stravinsky and Alfredo Casella he formed essentially self-taught continuing. He wrote songs, piano pieces, a one-act operas and film scores. In collaboration with the choreographer Frederick Ashton and conductor Constant Lambert, he brought out several ballets. In his earlier works, his style was avant-garde and not lost even in his later works his moderate individual expression. His friend and colleague William Walton, which he promoted and financially, honored him with the oratorio Belshazzar's Feast. His estate he left behind his partner Robert ( " Boy" ) Heber - Percy. The barony went to his cousin Vera Ruby Williams.

Works

Ballets

  • The Triumph of Neptune (1926 )
  • Luna Park ( 1930)
  • A Wedding Bouquet (1936 )
  • Cupid and Psyche [ Cupid and Psyche ] (1939 )
  • Les Sirènes [ The Mermaids ] (1946 )

Film Music

  • Champagne Charlie ( 1944)
  • The Halfway House (1944 )
  • Nicholas Nickleby (1947 )

Piano music

  • Le poisson d'or (1919)
  • 4 Valse bourgeoise for four hands (1919)
  • 3 small funeral marches (1920 )
  • 3 fragment Psychologique ( 1921)

Opera

  • Le Carosse du Saint Sacrament (1923 )

Other orchestral work

  • Three Pieces (1918 )
  • Fantaisie Espagnole (1919)
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