Gibbs - Two Songs AEC Video Watching You

Watching You

he is the true inheritor of the spinto mantle last worn by Corelli

With simple melodies wrapped in a bit more complex harmonies

provides an apt summation of both the struggles and successes he's seen over the course of his career

Gibbs - Two Songs AEC Video Watching YouCecil Armstrong Gibbs (he disliked the name Cecil so was known as Armstrong) was a prolific and versatile composer of the first half of the twentieth century. He studied under Sir Adrian Boult and Ralph Vaughan Williams. His contemporaries were Herbert Howells, Sir Arthur Bliss and Sir Arnold Bax. Known principally for his solo songs Gibbs also wrote music for the stage, sacred works, three symphonies and a substantial amount of chamber music. He