Composer
Gavin Bryars
English composer and double bassist
b. 1943
6 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1943
- Birthplace
- Goole
- Citizenship / historical state
- United Kingdom
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Gavin Bryars — English composer and double bassist. Gavin Bryars was born in 1943 in Goole. The biographical record lists citizenship or historical state as United Kingdom.
Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; musicologist; jazz musician; double-bassist; musician
- Education
- University of Sheffield
- Teachers
- George Linstead
- Career institutions / employers
- De Montfort University
- Recorded memberships
- College of 'Pataphysics
- Instruments played
- double bass
- Genres
- opera
- Notable works
- Amjad
- Official website
- http://www.gavinbryars.com/
- Birth name
- Richard Gavin Bryars
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 56800924
- ISNI
- 0000000114449288
- GND ID
- 12433623X
- Library of Congress ID
- nr90005207
- MusicBrainz ID
- af88ef96-ba9c-441c-9291-ac4389cd1464
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Organ, Tenor
- Genres represented
- Classical
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Man and Sea | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Requiem/Kyrie | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Bede's paraphrase of Caedmon's "Creation Hymn" | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Agnus Dei | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Caedmon "Creation Hymn" | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| In Paradisum | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. This short biography is assembled from the recorded facts. Authority record: VIAF 56800924. Portrait: Andy Newcombe Farnborough, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.