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In much of his music, notwithstanding its occasional savagery, there is a lyricism that, although making it part of the European romantic tradition, is firmly and obviously part of the 20th century and distinctively his own. He lived a long life, and, although spending his later years on the island of Ischia, [[Italy]], he became the grand old man of English music. In his obituary in the Musical Times, Christopher Palmer wrote that “''one of the longest and most glorious epochs in English music has come to an end''.”
In much of his music, notwithstanding its occasional savagery, there is a lyricism that, although making it part of the European romantic tradition, is firmly and obviously part of the 20th century and distinctively his own. He lived a long life, and, although spending his later years on the island of Ischia, [[Italy]], he became the grand old man of English music. In his obituary in the Musical Times, Christopher Palmer wrote that “''one of the longest and most glorious epochs in English music has come to an end''.”
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