New Music Manchester

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New Music Manchester was an influential collective of mid-20th-century British composers and performers centered around Manchester, known for promoting contemporary and avant-garde classical music.

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New Music Manchester canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British musical movement
composer collective
music collective
activity composition of modernist works
performance of contemporary works
promotion of new music
artisticStyle modernism
associatedInstitution Royal Manchester College of Music NERFINISHED
University of Manchester NERFINISHED
characteristic collaboration between composers and performers
experimental approach to musical form
use of modernist techniques
country United Kingdom
era post-World War II period
field music
focus avant-garde classical music
contemporary classical music
genre classical music
influenced British contemporary classical music
younger generations of UK composers
language English
location Manchester NERFINISHED
movement post-war British modernism
notableMember Alexander Goehr NERFINISHED
Elgar Howarth NERFINISHED
Harrison Birtwistle NERFINISHED
John Ogdon NERFINISHED
Peter Maxwell Davies NERFINISHED
region North West England
timePeriod mid-20th century

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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies memberOf New Music Manchester
subject surface form: Peter Maxwell Davies
Harrison Birtwistle memberOf New Music Manchester