Cyril Scott

Cyril Scott was an English composer and poet known especially for his piano and orchestral music. Scott was a prolific composer, writing over four hundred works including four symphonies, three operas and concerti for piano, violin, cello,
oboe and harpsichord. He became a pioneer of British piano music, producing more piano works than any other British composer at the time and his music was admired by composers as diverse as Debussy, Strauss, Stravinsky and Percy Grainger, a lifelong friend. Unfortunately, by the start of the Second World War, Scott’s popularity had declined although he was still in demand as an interpreter of his own music. There were fewer performances and recordings although he continued to write prolifically until his death in 1970. In addition to his musical output, Scott produced several volumes of poems and also published translations of literary works by French poet and critic Charles Baudelaire.