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Avant-garde British composer Harrison Birtwistle dies at 87
He shaped the British musical landscape for almost 60 years. Born in 1934 in Accrington in the north of England, Harrison Birtwistle composed his first opera, Punch and Judy, in…
Deaths of Lupu, Angelich and Birtwistle | Dark Weekend for Classical Music
(Paris) The world of classical music experienced a dark Easter weekend, marked by the sudden deaths of two great names in the piano, Radu Lupu and Nicholas Angelich, and of…
British composer Harrison Birtwistle dies aged 87
Harrison Birtwistle, one of Britain’s leading composers of contemporary music, has died aged 87, his publisher announced on Monday. Birtwistle, born in 1934 in Accrington, in the north of England,…
British composer Harrison Birtwistle is dead
(London) Harrison Birtwistle, one of Britain’s leading composers of contemporary music, has died at the age of 87, his publisher announced on Monday. Posted at 5:38 p.m. Birtwistle, born in…