bridge’s early works show the influence of johannes brahms and charles villiers stanford. he wrote some excellent chamber music and songs. the "phantasie quartet" and the "string quartet no 1" show his talent. his later pieces such as the third (1926) and fourth (1937) string quartets have quite complicated harmonies and show his interest in the music of schoenberg as well as the harmonies of maurice ravel and alexander scriabin. his most important orchestral works include "the sea" and "summer". he wrote some lovely chamber music for the cello as well as many songs. in his later years his harmonies become quite advanced, for example a favourite chord of his can be found by playing a c minor chord and a d major chord together. in his longer pieces the speed of the music often changes and he avoids repeating himself exactly.