Stevens, Bernard (1916–1983)

English composer. In 1948 he was appointed professor of composition at the Royal College of Music.

He studied at Cambridge with Edward J Dent and C B Rootham and at the Royal College of Music in London with R O Morris. He won the Leverhulme Scholarship and Parry Prize for composition. He served in the army 1940–46.

Works Dramatic music film music.

Choral and orchestral cantata The Harvest of Peace (1952) and other choral works; symphony Symphony of Liberation (1946) and Fugal Overture for orchestra, Ricercar and Sinfonietta for strings, overture East and West for wind band; violin concerto (1946), cello concerto (1952).

Chamber string quartet, piano trio, theme and variations for string quartet (1949), Fantasia for two violins and piano; violin and piano sonata; piano music; songs.