Robert Simpson (composer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Simpson (composer)

English composer and BBC producer and broadcaster

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1921

Place of Birth: Royal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Nov-1997

Profession: composer, film editor, musicologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson (2 March 1921 – 21 November 1997) was an English composer and long-serving BBC producer and broadcaster. He is best known for his orchestral and chamber music (particularly those in the key classical forms: 11 symphonies and 15 string quartets), and for his writings on the music of Beethoven, Bruckner, Nielsen and Sibelius.
He studied composition under Herbert Howells.
Remarkably for a living contemporary composer, a Robert Simpson Society was formed in 1980 by individuals concerned that Simpson's music had been unfairly neglected.
The society aims to bring Simpson's music to a wider public by sponsoring recordings and live performances of his work, by issuing a journal and other publications, and by maintaining an archive of material relating to the composer.