Berners, Lord (Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson) 1883 - 1950

Author: Saitoh, Noriko
Last updated:August 1, 2008
Author: Saitoh, Noriko
An English composer. His piano works include: The Goldfish (1914), Three Funeral Marches (1914), Fragments psychologiques (1915), and Three Bourgeois Waltzes.
Prior to becoming a composer, he served as a diplomat. In this capacity, while on assignment in Constantinople and Rome, he studied with Stravinsky and Casella. His early works share stylistic similarities with the French 'Les Six', and are rich in satire and humor.
Additionally, Berners also wrote novels and painted.
Works(11)
Piano Solo (5)
Various works (4)
Piano Ensemble (3)