Michael Tippett
Michael Tippett | |
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| Nascimento | 2 de janeiro de 1905 Londres |
| Morte | 8 de janeiro de 1998 (93 anos) Londres |
| Cidadania | Reino Unido |
Alma mater | Royal College of Music |
| Ocupação | maestro, compositor, músico, autobiógrafo, musicólogo, libretista |
| Prêmios | Comandante da Ordem do Império Britânico, Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement, Medalha de ouro da Royal Philharmonic Society, Ordem do Império Britânico, Ordem de Mérito, Ordem dos Companheiros de Honra |
Magnum opus | King Priam |
| Causa da morte | Pneumonia |
| Página oficial | |
https://web.archive.org/web/20061205051110/http://michael-tippett.com | |
[edite no Wikidata] | |
Michael Kemp Tippett, Order of Merit (Commonwealth) (Londres 2 de janeiro de 1905 — 8 de janeiro de 1998) foi um compositor inglês do século XX.
Índice
1 Obras
1.1 Stage
1.2 Sinfonias
1.3 Concertante
1.4 Coral/Vocal
1.5 Câmara/Instrumental
1.6 Band
2 Referências
3 Ligações externas
Obras |
Stage |
The Midsummer Marriage (opera, 1946-52)
King Priam (opera, 1958-61)
The Knot Garden (opera, 1965-70)
The Ice Break (opera, 1975-76)
New Year (opera, 1985-88)
Sinfonias |
- Symphonies
- Symphony No. 1 (1944-45)
- Symphony No. 2 (1956-57)
- Symphony No. 3 (1970-72)
- Symphony No. 4 (1976-77)
- Concerto for Double String Orchestra (1938-39)
- Suite in D (written for the birthday of Prince Charles, 1948)
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli (string orchestra, 1953)
Divertimento on Sellinger's Round (chamber orchestra, 1953-54)- Concerto for Orchestra (1962-63)
The Rose Lake (1991-93)
Concertante |
Fantasia on a Theme of Handel (piano and orchestra, 1939-41)- Piano Concerto (1953-55)
- Triple Concerto (violin, viola, cello and orchestra, 1978-79)
Coral/Vocal |
A Child of Our Time (oratorio, 1939-41)
The Heart's Assurance (tenor and piano, 1951, premiered by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears)
Crown of the Year (cantata, 1958)
Songs for Ariel (high voice and piano, 1962)
Songs for Achilles (tenor and guitar, related to King Priam)
The Vision of St Augustine (baritone, chorus and orchestra, 1963-65)
The Shires Suite (orchestra and chorus, 1965-70, written for the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra - see Ligações externas below)
Songs for Dov (tenor and chamber orchestra, 1970, related to The Knot Garden)
The Mask of Time (oratorio, 1980-82)
Byzantium (soprano and orchestra, 1988-90)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis St John's College, Cambridge Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense (choir and organ, 1961), commissioned by George Guest for the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge.
Dance, Clarion Air (A Madrigal for Five Voices)
Câmara/Instrumental |
- String Quartets
- String Quartet No. 1 (1934-35, revised 1943)
- String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp (1941-42)
- String Quartet No. 3 (1945-46)
- String Quartet No. 4 (1977-78)
- String Quartet No. 5 (1990-91)
- Piano Sonatas
- Piano Sonata No. 1 (1936-37, revised 1942 and 1954), originally entitled Fantasy Sonata
- Piano Sonata No. 2 (1962)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 (1972-73)
- Piano Sonata No. 4 (1983-84)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 (1936-37, revised 1942 and 1954), originally entitled Fantasy Sonata
- Sonata for Four Horns (1955)
The Blue Guitar (solo guitar, 1982-83)
Preludio al Vespro di Monteverdi (Organ Solo, 1946)
Band |
- Praeludium (brass, bells and percussion, 1962)
Referências |
- Kemp I (1984) "Tippett: the composer and his music, Eulenberg, London
- "The selected letters of Michael Tippett" (2005), Schuttenhelm T (ed.), Faber and Faber, 2005
Ligações externas |
- Official website of Michael Tippett
Excerpts from audio interviews with Tippett from the BBC
Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra website—contains articles and a few photographs of Tippett, who was their patron and conducted them regularly in the UK and Europe, as well as some interesting Tippett memorabilia
Shires Suite—information and a short audio excerpts from various LSSO recordings
Suite in D—information and short audio excerpts from the 1967 Pye recording
Tippett's Midsummer Marriage—an exploration of the spiritual and psychological dimensions
Tippett's Percussion Repertoire from Bell Percussion's Composer Repertoire Resource