Daniel Jones (composer)

Daniel Jones (composer)

Daniel Jenkyn Jones OBE (7 December 1912 – 23 April 1993) was a composer of classical music, who worked in Britain. He used both serial and tonal techniques. He is best known for his quartets and thirteen symphonies (some composed in his own system of 'Complex Metres') and for his song settings for Dylan Thomas's play, "Under Milk Wood".

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