What is Malcolm Arnold?
'''Sir Malcolm Arnold''' (born [[Northampton]], 21 October 1921; died 23 September 2006) was an [[English people|English composer]]. He is famous for writing [[symphony|symphonies]], [[concerto]]s and [[movie music]]. People disagree about whether he is one of the really great composers, or just a very skilled musician.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Malcolm Arnold {{!}} British composer and musician|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Malcolm-Arnold|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> His music is often very tuneful, sometimes it is sentimental. He could write music very quickly. His famous music for the movie ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' was composed in ten days.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Malcolm Arnold- Bio, Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music.|url=https://www.naxos.com/person/Malcolm_Arnold_17637/17637.htm|access-date=2021-06-17|website=www.naxos.com}}</ref> ==Life== In 1938 Malcolm Arnold went to the [[Royal College of Music]] to study [[Composition (music)|composition]] with [[Gordon Jacob]]. He started his career as a [[trumpet]]er with the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]], later becoming principal trumpet. By the late 1940s he was concentrating on his composing career. Arnold was composing at a time when many composers were writing music which was quite [[atonality|atonal]] which made it hard to understand, but Arnold’s music is [[tonality|tonal]] and there are many tunes which are easy to remember. He wrote nine [[symphony|symphonies]] and several [[concerto]]s for different instruments, even unusual instruments like the [[harmonica]]. Some of his best orchestral works are the set of dances: ''English Dances '', ''Scottish Dances '' and ''Cornish Dances ''. He also wrote 2 [[opera]]s, 7 [[ballet]]s and 2 [[string quartet]]s. His [[overture]] ''Tam O'Shanter'' is very exciting. It tells in music the story in the [[poem]] by [[Robert Burns]]. Arnold wrote music for 132 [[movie|films]]. The most famous is ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' (1957) f