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Howard David Blake OBE FRAM (born 28 October 1938) is an English composer, conductor, and pianist whose career has spanned more than 50 years and produced more than 650 works. Blake's most successful work is his soundtrack for Channel 4’s 1982 film The Snowman, which includes the song "Walking in the Air". He is increasingly recognised for ...
Learn about Howard Blake, the composer of The Snowman, Lifecycle, Benedictus and more. Explore his biography, news, works, recordings, sheet music and quotes.
What is almost unheard of is for a composer deliberately to abandon a flourishing career in media-music, in mid-course, in order to devote himself exclusively to his 'own' or 'real' music. Yet this is what Howard Blake has done.
Blake is best-known as a composer, but began as a classical concert-pianist, at eighteen winning The John Lockey Festival Scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music to study with Harold Craxton.
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Dec 17, 2022 · Composer Howard Blake on 40 years of Christmas classic ‘Walking in the Air’. His theme to ‘The Snowman’ is a festive favourite, but he has more than 700 works to his name. © Alamy Stock Photo....
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Nov 13, 2020 · The complete 3 movements of Howard Blake's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Commissioned by the Philharmonia in celebration of Princess Diana's 30th birthday, this is Howard Blake's...
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