Composer

Geoffrey Burgon

British composer (1941-2010)

1941–2010

52 works and musical collections

Born: 1941
Died: 2010
Birthplace: Hampshire
Place of death: Gloucestershire
Citizenship / historical state: United Kingdom
Period (estimated from birth year): Contemporary

Biography

Geoffrey Alan Burgon (15 July 1941 – 21 September 2010) was an English composer best known for his television and film scores. Among his most recognisable works are Monty Python's Life of Brian for film, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Brideshead Revisited for television, the latter two earning Ivor Novello Awards in 1979 and 1981 respectively. He also won BAFTAs for his themes for the remake of The Forsyte Saga and Longitude.

Burgon also achieved success and a serious following with vocal, orchestral, concert and stage works.

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Life and musical career

Occupations: composer; film score composer; musician; bandleader
Education: Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Instruments played: trumpet
Notable works: Brideshead Revisited
Official website: http://www.geoffreyburgon.co.uk/
Languages used: English
VIAF ID: 120125138
ISNI: 0000000092830036
GND ID: 134340566
Library of Congress ID: n81015285
MusicBrainz ID: eb55a8d7-1664-409c-9f51-277c59f06d20

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Tenor, Alto, Guitar, percussion, Cello
Genres represented: Classical
Source entries with composition dates: 0

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Nunc Dimittis	See work details	Organ Voice Tenor 2 more instruments Choir Alto Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Irene's Song	See work details	Piano Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Work & excerpts Brideshead Revisited 1 excerpt listings	See work details	Check individual editions	View sheet music Contents & editions
Shirtless Stephen And The Children's Crusade	See work details	Piano Choir percussion	View sheet music Work & edition details
Part I: The Creation Of Heaven	See work details	bass Tenor Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
This lunar beauty	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Country Dance	See work details	Cello Viola	View sheet music Work & edition details
Magic Words	See work details	Tenor Alto percussion	View sheet music Work & edition details
Lady Weeping At The Crossroads	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Lullaby	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Now Through Night's Caressing Grip	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Orpheus	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nocturne	See work details	Cello Viola	View sheet music Work & edition details
Summer	See work details	Tenor Alto percussion	View sheet music Work & edition details
Part Ii: In Hell	See work details	bass Tenor Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
Finale	See work details	Cello Viola	View sheet music Work & edition details
Perpetuum mobile	See work details	Cello Viola	View sheet music Work & edition details
Prelude	See work details	Cello Viola	View sheet music Work & edition details
Challenge	See work details	Tenor Alto percussion	View sheet music Work & edition details
Goodbye	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Aria	See work details	Cello Viola	View sheet music Work & edition details
Gending	See work details	percussion	View sheet music Work & edition details
Far Inland	See work details	Tenor Alto percussion	View sheet music Work & edition details
Moved	See work details	Tenor Alto percussion	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sung By A Little Girl To Soothe A Crying Baby	See work details	Tenor Alto percussion	View sheet music Work & edition details
And God, And Yet A Man	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
Aslan's Theme- From The Chronicles Of Narnia	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nunc Dimittis- Theme From Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Old Wives' Tale (Theme From Sophia And Constance)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Theme From Bleak House	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Theme From Testament Of Youth	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Brideshead Theme	See work details	Trumpet	View sheet music Work & edition details
Waiting (Burgon)	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Veni Spiritus	See work details	bass Tenor Alto	View sheet music Work & edition details
Scherzo [Goldschmidt, Berthold]	See work details	Cello Viola	View sheet music Work & edition details
Christs Love	See work details	Tenor Alto	View sheet music Work & edition details
Lovely Tear Of Lovely Eye	See work details	Tenor Alto	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Assumption	See work details	Tenor Alto	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Corpus Christi Carol	See work details	Tenor Alto	View sheet music Work & edition details
Noche Oscura	See work details	Tenor Alto	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Song Of The Creatures	See work details	bass Tenor Alto	View sheet music Work & edition details
A God And Yet A Man	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Heavenly Things	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
A Prayer To The Trinity	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dira Vi Amoris Terror	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
City Adventure	See work details	percussion	View sheet music Work & edition details
Come Let Us Pity Not The Dead	See work details	Trumpet	View sheet music Work & edition details
Te Deum	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 120125138. Portrait: William Ball, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.