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Sir Harrison Birtwistle CH (15 July 1934 – 18 April 2022) was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his operas, often based on mythological subjects. [1] [2] Among his many compositions , his better known works include The Triumph of Time (1972) and the operas The Mask of Orpheus (1986), Gawain (1991), and The ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Harrison Birtwistle, British composer who began as a clarinetist and shifted to composition in his 20s. He was part of a generation of performers and composers known as the ‘Manchester School,’ who, being from northern England, were unconstrained by London tradition and thus fully adopted modernism.
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Apr 18, 2022 · Sir Harrison Birtwistle obituary. Harrison Birtwistle, who has died aged 87, was that surprising thing, a deeply English composer who was also internationally renowned as a great modernist....
Apr 18, 2022 · Harrison Birtwistle, whose intensely theatrical compositions and uncompromising modernism made him the most prominent British composer since Benjamin Britten, died on Monday at his home in...
Apr 19, 2022 · Acclaimed composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle has died at the age of 87, his publisher has confirmed. He is perhaps best known for 1972 orchestral work The Triumph of Time, as well as operas The...
Apr 18, 2022 · Harrison Birtwistle: an utterly distinctive composer who wrote music of delicate beauty. Andrew Clements. Our chief classical critic knew Birtwistle, who died this morning, for more than 40...
This is a list of compositions by Harrison Birtwistle (1934–2022), a British composer of contemporary classical music. Birtwistle's music was published by Universal Edition until 1994, and since then by Boosey & Hawkes . Opera and other dramatised works.
