A pupil of Vaughan Williams at the Royal College of Music in London, where he later taught, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs was a prolific if now neglected composer, remembered chiefly for his very useful songs and choral compositions.
Orchestral Music
Gibbs’s orchestral music includes three symphonies, although he is probably better remembered for less substantial works.
Songs and Choral Music
Gibbs’s songs and choral music have served a very practical purpose for amateur choral societies and singers. His settings of verses by Walter de la Mare have proved particularly effective.