Composer, born in Oldham, Lancashire, NW England, UK. He studied at Oxford, where he wrote his first compositions, and became known through his instrumental setting of poems by Edith Sitwell, Façade (1923). His works include two symphonies, concertos for violin, viola, and cello, the biblical cantata Belshazzar's Feast (1931), and the opera Troilus and Cressida (1954). He is also known for his film music, notably for Olivier's Henry V, Hamlet, and Richard III. He was knighted in 1951.