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Peter Alexander Goehr (German:; born 10 August 1932) is an English composer and academic. Goehr was born in Berlin in 1932, the son of the conductor and composer Walter Goehr, a pupil of Arnold Schoenberg. In his early twenties he emerged as a central figure in the Manchester School of post-war British composers.
Alexander Goehr, composer and teacher, was born in Berlin on 10 August 1932, son of the conductor Walter Goehr, and was brought to England in 1933. He studied with Richard Hall at the Royal Manchester College of Music, where together with Harrison Birtwistle, Peter Maxwell Davies and John Ogdon he formed the New Music Manchester Group, and with ...
Apr 1, 2013 · Alexander Goehr is, I think, exactly that sort of composer: a musician for whom there is no such thing as an innocent note, someone for whom nearly every work is the hard-won prize of a...
Roles. Alexander Goehr is a composer for whom the conventional labels of new music seem increasingly inadequate. A latent nonconformism is already suggested by the essential biographical facts. He was born in Berlin in 1932, son of the conductor and Schoenberg pupil Walter Goehr.
Biography. Alexander Goehr (1932-) was an English composer born in Berlin. He studied composition at the Royal Manchester College of Music where, upon meeting Harrison Birtwistle, Peter Maxwell Davies and two other composers, the group of composers formed New Music Manchester.
Alexander Goehr (born August 10, 1932) is an English composer and academic. Born in Berlin to a family of musicians, Goehr moved to England with his family in 1933 to escape Nazi persecution. He studied music at various institutions including the Royal Northern College of Music, Oxford, and Tanglewood before beginning his career as a composer.
Alexander Goehr, composer and teacher, studied in Manchester at the Royal Manchester College of Music with Richard Hall—where together with Harrison Birtwhistle, Peter Maxwell Davies and John Ogdon he formed the New Music Manchester Group—and in Paris with Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod.
