| Birth: | Aug. 23, 1905 | | Death: | Aug. 21, 1951 | 
British composer, conductor, and critic. At the age of 20 he became the youngest composer to receive a commission from Diaghilev's Ballet Russes (for the ballet "Romeo and Juliet" (1926), and in 1927 he was catapulted into fame with his jazz-influenced cantata "The Rio Grande," set to a poem by Sacheverell Sitwell. His other compositions include a Piano Concerto (1931), the cantata "Summer's Last Will and Testament" (1937), and the ballet "Horoscope" (1938). In 1931 Lambert co-founded the Vic-Wells Ballet (now England's Royal Ballet) and was its Artistic Director and principal conductor until 1947. His book "Music Ho!" (1934) remains one of the wittiest volumes of music criticism in the English language. Lambert died of pneumonia and undiagnosed diabetes complicated by acute alcoholism, two days short of his forty-sixth birthday. He was the father of rock music producer Kit Lambert (The Who). (bio by: Robert Edwards)
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Brompton Cemetery
London
Greater London, England |
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Record added: Jun 14, 2004
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