Bate, Stanley (Richard)

Bate, Stanley (Richard), English composer and pianist; b. Plymouth, Dec. 12, 1911; d. (suicide) London, Oct. 19, 1959. He studied composition with Vaughan Williams, Morris, and Jacob and piano with Benjamin at the Royal Coll. of Music in London (1932–36), and then pursued composition training with Boulanger in Paris and Hindemith in Berlin. He toured widely as a pianist. In 1938 he married Peggy Glanville-Hicks; they divorced in 1948. He wrote music in a finely structured cosmopolitan manner, making use of modern devices but observing the classical forms and shunning doctrinaire systems.

Works

DRAMATIC: Ballet: Eros …