Pitfield designed his own house, 'Lesser Thorns', and its furnishings, adhering to principles of good design and the desire to give pleasure through aesthetics and material quality.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Pitfield was largely self-taught as a composer and considered himself closely allied to the community, often writing music for friends, amateurs, or children.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Pitfield's compositional style was typically light-hearted and small-scale, frequently referencing folk music and employing irregular rhythms.
Composer Biography
Thomas Pitfield, born in 1903, overcame initial setbacks in a working-class family to pursue music, eventually studying at the Royal Manchester College of Music.
Composer Biography
Pitfield lived by principles of vegetarianism and pacifism, and took immense pleasure in walking in the natural world, particularly drawn to the beauty of trees.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Pitfield often set his own poems to music after an early copyright issue, acknowledging in later life that he had 'perhaps patronised my own lyrics overmuch'.
Composer Biography
Beyond music, Pitfield was also an artist, craftsman, and poet, interested in nature, religion, philosophy, and folklore, finding life to be an 'endless fascination'.
