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Constant Lambert

by Bill Brandt
bromide print on card mount, 1946
13 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in. (342 mm x 292 mm)
Purchased, 1982
Photographs Collection
NPG x22437

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  • Constant Lambert (1905-1951), Composer, conductor and critic. Sitter in 33 portraits.

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  • Bill Brandt (1904-1983), Photographer. Artist or producer of 120 portraits, Sitter in 34 portraits.

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Photographed shortly after the Second World War when Lambert had conducted 'Proms' for the troops and composed Aubade Héroïque (1942) and Merchant Seamen (1943). Photographed in London. Published in Lilliput, September 1946 as part of the portfolio 'English Composers of our Time'.

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Current affairs

The new Labour government begins to act upon the recommendations of the Beveridge Report (1942) by nationalising The Bank of England and Imperial Communications, bringing in a National Insurance Bill, and setting plans for the National Health Service. Nationalisation of industry and the provision of free healthcare and welfare were the main aims of post-war domestic politics.

Art and science

Mervyn Peake publishes Titus Groan; the first of his Gormenghast Trilogy. The three novels are regarded as classics of the fantasy genre, although they contain no magic or intelligent non-human characters, so might more appropriately be described as belonging to the 'gothic' or 'fantastic' genre.

International

Nazi officials are tried for their part in the War and the Holocaust at Nuremberg. The trials were to prosecute war criminals and the location was chosen because it was the site of the annual Nazi rallies, and therefore seen as a fitting place for the demise of the party. The Nuremberg Trials paved the way for post-war developments in international criminal law.

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