Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss was an English composer and conductor.
Arthur Bliss c. 1922 (photograph by Herbert Lambert)
Bliss, caricatured in 1921 by F. Sancha
Bliss in 1932 by Mark Gertler
Coventry Cathedral for which Bliss composed The Beatitudes
Master of the King's Music
Master of the King's Music is a post in the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. The holder of the post originally served the monarch of England, directing the court orchestra and composing or commissioning music as required.
The first appointed Master of the King's Musick, Nicholas Lanier
Sir Edward Elgar, Master, 1924–34
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies