Brian Ferneyhough
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Brian Ferneyhough is a British composer renowned for his extremely complex, densely notated works and as a leading figure of the New Complexity movement in contemporary classical music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brian Ferneyhough canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
composer
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contemporary classical composer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century classical music
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21st-century classical music ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Darmstadt School
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European avant-garde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
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Kranichsteiner Musikpreis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-01-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Birmingham School of Music
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Royal Academy of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Ferneyhough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| givenName | Brian ⓘ |
| influenced | New Complexity composers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | musical notation ⓘ |
| living | true ⓘ |
| movement | New Complexity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Brian Ferneyhough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
densely notated scores
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extremely complex musical notation ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bone Alphabet
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Carceri d’invenzione NERFINISHED ⓘ Cassandra’s Dream Song NERFINISHED ⓘ La Terre est un homme NERFINISHED ⓘ Mnemosyne NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Superscriptio NERFINISHED ⓘ Time and Motion Study II NERFINISHED ⓘ Unity Capsule NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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music educator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Coventry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | William H. Bonsall Professor in Music at Stanford University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
dense polyphony
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extended instrumental techniques ⓘ highly detailed performance instructions ⓘ micro-rhythmic subdivisions ⓘ rhythmic complexity ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Darmstädter Ferienkurse
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Freiburg University of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Conservatory of The Hague NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanford University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of California, San Diego NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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