English composer Constant Lambert (1905-1951) made a tremendous impact in his brief life. Aside from composition, much in a jazz idiom, Lambert also made his mark in ballet and orchestral conducting and in music criticism.
Biography, photograph, music clip in MP3 format, partial works list and discography, and program notes from a performance of Concerto for Piano and Nine Instruments from Oxford University Press. www.oup.co.uk/music/repprom/lambert
Find A Grave listing with portrait, photograph, biography including founding of what became the Royal Ballet and details of his death, and link to other famous burials in Brompton Cemetery, London. www.findagrave.com/../..
Biography focusing on his friendship with Aleister Crowley includes two limericks from what Crowley called his "Constant Lambert Series." From Red Flame Thelemic Research Site. www.redflame93.com/Lambert.html
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