Arnold Cooke

Arnold Atkinson Cooke (November 4, 1906 - August 13, 2005) was a British composer.

He was born at Gomersal, West Yorkshire into a family of carpet manufacturers. He was educated at Repton School and at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, where he read History, but he was already attracted to a career in music. In 1929, having taken a second degree in Music, he studied composition and piano at the Berlin Academy for Music under Paul Hindemith. He later became musical director of the Festival Theatre at Cambridge, and in 1933 was appointed a professor at the Royal Manchester College of Music (now merged into the Royal Northern College of Music. After military service in the Second World War, he obtained a doctorate from Cambridge and taught at Trinity College of Music in London, retiring in 1978.

Works 1930s - 1940s

Three Part Songs 1930 manuscript - AAC Estate
Passacaglia, Scherzo & Finale for Octet; (woodwind & string quartet)
1931
Anglo American

Suite for brass sextet
1931
Anglo American

Quintet for harp, flute, clarinet, violin & cello
1932
Anglo American

String Quartet no.1
1933
Anglo American

Holderneth: Cantata for mixed chorus, baritone solo & orchestra
1933-34
Anglo American

Concert Overture no.1 for full orchestra
1934
Anglo American

Three Pieces for piano
1935
Anglo American

Duo for violin & viola
1935
Anglo American

Quartet for flute & string trio of violin, viola & cello
1935-36
Anglo American

Sonata for viola & piano
1936-37
Anglo American

Sonata for two pianos
1936-37
Anglo American

Passacaglia, Scherzo & Finale for string orchestra
1937
Anglo American

Piano Sonata no.1
1938
Anglo American

Bedtime Songs (words - A. Rathkey)
1939
Stainer & Bell
Sonata no.1 in G for violin & piano
1939
Anglo American

Concerto for piano & orchestra
1940
Anglo American

Sonata no.1 for cello & piano
1941
disputed

Four Shakespeare Sonnets for soprano & string orchestra
1941
Anglo American

Piano Trio in C
1941-44
Anglo American

Suite 1 in C for piano (Original Version)
1943
Anglo American

Variations on an original theme for string quartet
1945
Anglo American

Song for tenor & small orchestra
1945

manuscript - AAC Estate
Concert Overture no.2 - ‘Processional’ for full orchestra
1945
Anglo American

Alla Marcia for clarinet & piano
1946
Emerson Edition

Four Songs for high voice & piano
1946-47

manuscript - AAC Estate
Two Songs for baritone & piano
1946-47

Anglo American
(Reconciliation only)
Symphony no.1 in B flat
1946-47
Novello

String Quartet no.2 in F
1947
Anglo American

Concerto in D for string orchestra
1947-48
Anglo American

Quartet for oboe & string trio
1948
Novello

Quartet for piano & string trio
1948-49
Anglo American

‘Rain’ - song for voice & piano
1949

Anglo American
Mary Barton - Opera in a Prologue & three Acts.
1949-54
manuscript - AAC Estate