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Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson, AO, CBE (21 November 1931 – 2 March 2003) was an Australian composer. He was the Master of the Queen's Music from 1975 until his death.
Williamson left a number of works unfinished at his death. These include a Strindberg -based opera Easter (with a libretto by Myfanwy Piper ), a Symphony No. 8 Agamemnon (based on the poem by Dame Iris Murdoch ), and sketches for a Piano Concerto No. 5, which he had hoped to write for his Australian friend, the pianist Antony Gray.
Mar 9, 2003 · Malcolm Williamson, an Australian composer who was master of the queen's music for Elizabeth II, died last Sunday in Cambridge. He was 71. He was the first non-Briton to be appointed to the post...
Malcolm Williamson was born on 21 November 1931 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was a composer and writer, known for The Matrix Reloaded (2003), Watership Down (1978) and Nothing But the Night (1973). He was married to Dolores Daniel.
Jul 9, 2017 · Meet the Musician: Malcolm Williamson. Discover the music of the eclectic and colourful Australian composer and former Master of the Queen’s Music, Malcolm Williamson. Born in Sydney in 1931, the son of an Anglican priest, Malcolm Williamson studied composition and horn at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where his teachers included Eugene ...
Mar 4, 2003 · Malcolm Williamson, an Australian composer who was master of the queen’s music, has died. He was 71. Williamson died Sunday at a hospital in Cambridge, England, after a long illness, according...
Malcolm Williamson originally designated his Sinfonia Concertante as Symphony no 2, but owing to the concertante nature of the solo instruments of three trumpets and piano as distinct from the string orchestra, he changed the title.
