British composers who died in '-6' years

[Maestro267]

There's a significant number of 20th-century British composers who died in years ending with 6, hence this year we commemorate significant anniversaries.

George Butterworth (1916)
Edward German (1936)
Granville Bantock (1946)
Gerald Finzi (1956)
Benjamin Britten (1976)
Edmund Rubbra (1986)
Malcolm Arnold (2006)

And unfortunately of course we can now add Peter Maxwell Davies (2016) to this list.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

I was definitely saddened to hear of Peter Maxwell Davies' passing. He mentioned his health in the last interview I saw of him, but that he was feeling better and better. I had my fingers crossed he would continue to produce more terrific music, but unfortunately that wasn't the case.

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Edgar Bainton 1880-1956

His second and third symphonies are favourites of mine.