Harrison Birtwistle

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Born: 15 July 1934, Accrington (England)
Died:

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[details ←] Theseus Game
[details ←] Earth Dances for Orchestra-Sc
[details ←] 9 Settings Of Lorine Niedecker Vocal, Cello,
[details ←] Second Mrs Kong, Libretto
[details ←] Hoquetus Petrus
[details ←] Hoquetus David, Score choral
[details ←] Harrison’s Clocks Piano,
[details ←] Pulse Shadows
[details ←] Punch and Judy, Libretto
[details ←] Panic Percussion, Saxophone, Drums, , sax, saxophone, , Alto saxophone,
[details ←] The Last Supper
[details ←] Machaut A Ma Maniere, Study Sc
[details ←] Secret Theatre, Score
[details ←] An Interrupted Endless Melody Piano, Oboe,
[details ←] Sonance Severance 2000
[details ←] Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Per
[details ←] Gawain’s Journey, Score
[details ←] Gawain, Libretto

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4 July 1977: Premiere of Bow Down, in London, England.
21 May 1986: Premiere of The Mask of Orpheus, in London, England.
10 March 1990: Premiere of Machaut à la Manière, in Hamburg, Germany.

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