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Orchestra
Sym. No.1 (1949), No.2 (1950-1), No.3 (1960), No.4 (1966), No.5 (1975-6); Prelude, Elegy, and Finale, str. (1949); Dance Scene (1954); Litany, double str. orch. (1955); 3 Scenes (1966); 7 Counterpoints (1967); Sinfonia in memoriam Benjamin Britten, 17 wind instr. (1976-7); Concerto for Orchestra (1986); Walk by Quiet Waters (1989).
Concertos
vn. (1949-50); cor anglais and str. (or pf.) (1950); 3 pf., str., timp. (1951); va. (1952); pf. (1952-4); vn. No.2 (Rapsodia Concertante) (1952-4); Toccata, pf. (1958-9); Laudi Concertati, org., orch. (1979); Rondeaux, hn., orch. (1982).
Choral
Madrigals (a cappella) (1947); Musick's Empire, ch., small orch. (1955); The Vision of Judgement, oratorio, sop., ten., ch., orch. (1957-8); Ave Maris Stella (1967); Magnificat (1968); Whispers at these Curtains; bar., ch., boys' ch., orch. (1984).
Chamber music
wind quintet (1947); str. qt. No.1 (1947), No.2 (1952-3), No.3 (1975), No.4 (1976); vn. sonata No.1 (1950), No.2 (1988); hn. sonata (1955); vc. sonata (1956); Octet (1957-8); Serenade No.1, 6 instr. (1959), No.2, fl., ob., pf. (1959), No.3, sax. qt. (1969); 4 Dialogues, ob., pf. (1965); Fantasy, va., pf. (1966); Refrains, ob. (1968); 3 Arguments, bn., vc. (1969); Paseo, gui. (1969); The Groves of Dodona, 6 fl. (1973); Spirit Puck, cl., perc. (1974); Aspects of Evening, vc., pf. (1985).
Keyboard
Suite, hpd. (1957); Variations, pf. (1957-8); 14 Aubades, pf. (1958); 12 Studies, pf. (1961); Episodes I, pf. (1967-8), II, pf. (1969); Sonata, 2 pf. (1977); Anniversary, pf. (1978).
Organ
Sonata (1947); Choral (1956); Pastorale (1959); Ricercare (1965); 6 Pieces (1968); Toccata (1968); Praeludium (1970); Intrada (1971); Trio Sonata (1974); Invention and Little Toccata (1976).
(The Oxford Dictionary of Music, © Oxford University Press 1994)
(contributed by Charles Berry <chuck_berry
quinton.com>)
Jeho/jej ivot:
Studied RCM 1937-41 and at Morley Coll. 1946-8 with Seiber. Served RAF 1941-6. Won Clements Prize 1947 with wind quintet, and Koussevitzky award with his Sym. No.1 (f.p. cond. Barbirolli, Cheltenham 1950). Won Arts Council Fest. of Britain award for young composers, 1951, with vn. conc. Prof. of comp., RCM 1955-64, dir. of mus., Morley Coll., 1952-64, visiting prof. of mus., Univ. of Calif. (S. Barbara) 1964, prof. from 1965, chairman of mus. dept. 1970-4. One of first post-1945 Eng. composers to develop individual style derived from influences of Bartók, Stravinsky, and Schönberg.
(contributed by Charles Berry <chuck_berry
quinton.com>)
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