Bax

American

[baks] / bæks /

noun

Sir Arnold Edward Trevor, 1883–1953, English composer.

Bax British

/ bæks /

noun

Sir Arnold ( Edward Trevor ). 1883–1953, English composer of romantic works, often based on Celtic legends, including the tone poem Tintagel (1917)

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Busker Blue Bax said he was a "massive" Sheeran fan, adding the musician was an inspiration for him.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

Bax Botanics offers variations like Sea Buckhorn and Verbena, with verbena, mint, fennel and citrus.

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2023

Bax, well known to New York audiences in chamber music over the past decade, started with a tone of pristine Classicism that swiftly dissolved into washes of dreamier mistiness, without ever losing clarity.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2021

Bax was a true partner at the piano, adjusting almost magically to every interpretive twist or turn by Hadelich, and fully providing the kind of near-orchestral sonority the score requires.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2021

Bax and Javi, and Aileen, who knew truth like sunlight in her eyes—they all held me together.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

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