Harrison Birtwistle

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classical composer composer contemporary classical composer human opera composer

Harrison Birtwistle was a prominent British contemporary composer known for his complex, modernist orchestral and operatic works.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Harrison Birtwistle canonical 7
Birtwistle 1
Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf classical composer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
contemporary classical composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
opera composer ⓘ
awardReceived Ernst von Siemens Music Prize ⓘ
Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition ⓘ
The Ivors Academy ⓘ
surface form: Ivors Classical Music Award

Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal ⓘ
surface form: Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-07-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2022-04-18 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Northern College of Music ⓘ
surface form: Royal Manchester College of Music
familyName Harrison Birtwistle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Birtwistle
fullName Harrison Birtwistle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle
genre chamber music ⓘ
contemporary classical music ⓘ
opera ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
givenName Harrison ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
honorificTitle Knight Bachelor ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf New Music Manchester ⓘ
movement modernism ⓘ
notableFor complex modernist orchestral works ⓘ
innovative operatic compositions ⓘ
notableWork Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum ⓘ
Chronometer ⓘ
Earth Dances ⓘ
Endless Parade ⓘ
Exody ⓘ
Gawain ⓘ
Night’s Black Bird ⓘ
Panic ⓘ
Pulse Shadows ⓘ
Punch and Judy ⓘ
Ritual Fragment ⓘ
Secret Theatre ⓘ
Silbury Air ⓘ
The Mask of Orpheus ⓘ
The Minotaur ⓘ
Theseus Game ⓘ
Tragoedia ⓘ
Triumph of Time ⓘ
Verses for Ensembles ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
music teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Accrington ⓘ
England ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
Mere ⓘ
Wiltshire ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pierre Boulez → influenced → Harrison Birtwistle ⓘ
Royal Academy of Music → notableAlumni → Harrison Birtwistle ⓘ
The Ivors Classical Awards (formerly British Composer Awards) → notableRecipient → Harrison Birtwistle ⓘ
subject surface form: The Ivors Classical Awards
Benjamin Britten → influenced → Harrison Birtwistle ⓘ
BBC Symphony Orchestra → commissionedWorksFrom → Harrison Birtwistle ⓘ
Pierre-Laurent Aimard → associatedWith → Harrison Birtwistle ⓘ
Harrison Birtwistle → fullName → Harrison Birtwistle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle → familyName → Harrison Birtwistle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Birtwistle
Boosey & Hawkes → hasNotableComposer → Harrison Birtwistle ⓘ