Michael Nyman
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Michael (Laurence) Nyman
(b London, 23 March 1944). English composer. He studied at the RAM with Alan Bush and with Thurston Dart at King's College, London. He wrote the seminal book Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond (1974). In his compositions he aims to break down the barrier between popular culture and ‘serious’ composition. He is best known for his film scores, including The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover (1989), Prospero's Books (1991) and The Piano (1993). He has also written five operas, among which The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat (1986) amply demonstrates his musical style in its use of variation and modular form, lyrical vocal lines over restless, repetitive phrases and repeated harmonic blocks.
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Michael Nyman
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Michael Nyman
Nyman, Michael (b London, 1944).British composer. In the 1980s and 1990s his music became increasingly popular with choreographers. Among the works set to his music are Ashley Page's A Broken Set of Rules (1984), Shobana Jeyasingh's Configurations (1989), Christopher Bruce's Meeting Point (1995) and Quicksilver (1996), and Doug Varone's Sleeping with Giants (1999).
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(2000 Album by Original Score)
The Juliet Letters [Video/DVD]
(1993 Album by Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet)
First Viennese Dance (M.H.) (1985-86) in "Three Viennese Dancers"
(1986 Album by Gavin Bryars)
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