Tippett - Background
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- Tippett - Background
- Who was Michael Tippett?
- One of England's most well-known composers
- 20th century
- Popular before and during WWII
- Born in London
- 1905
- Studied composition, conducting and piano
- Royal College of Music
- One of England's most well-known composers
- Influences
- Studied with R.O.Morris
- Expert on 16th century music
- Tippett developed fascination and flair for counterpoint
- Gave rise to his first significant work
- The String Quartet No.1 (1935)
- The Piano Sonata No.1 (1936-7)
- Gave rise to his first significant work
- Studied with R.O.Morris
- Concerto for Double String Orchestra
- One of his most frequently played pieces
- Written in 1939 for South London Orchestra
- Conducted it
- Conducted it
- Influences seen in the concerto
- Neo-classical traits
- Contemporary European features
- Elements of folk music and jazz
- Sprung rhythms
- Polyphonic exuberance he admired in English madrigals
- Influence of Bartok and Stravinsky can be seen
- Who was Michael Tippett?
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