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John McCabe

English composer and pianist (1939–2015)

1939–2015

72 works and musical collections

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Born
1939
Died
2015
Birthplace
Huyton
Place of death
Rochester
Citizenship / historical state
United Kingdom
Period (estimated from birth year)
Contemporary

Biography

John McCabe (21 April 1939 – 13 February 2015) was a British composer and pianist. He created works in many different forms, including symphonies, ballets, and solo works for the piano. He served as director of the London College of Music from 1983 to 1990. Guy Rickards praised him as "one of Britain's finest composers in the past half-century" and "a pianist of formidable gifts and wide-ranging sympathies".

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Life and musical career

Occupations
composer; pianist; musicologist; film score composer; conductor
Education
Liverpool Institute High School for Boys
Instruments played
piano
Genres
symphony
Awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Official website
http://www.johnmccabe.com/
Languages used
English
VIAF ID
3584149068532365730005
ISNI
000000011675186X
GND ID
119322412
Library of Congress ID
n81010551
MusicBrainz ID
96df4f19-232c-4215-9a9c-aeacc2378655

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

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Flute, Horn, Trumpet, Choir
Genres represented
Classical
Source entries with composition dates
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March Of The Fool See work details
  • Flute
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Threes And Twos See work details
  • Flute
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Proud Songsters See work details
  • Choir
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Tunstall Chimes, Study No. 10 - Hommage A Ravel See work details
  • Piano
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Snowfall In Winter See work details
  • Piano
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Scrunch See work details
  • Piano
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Nocturne See work details
  • Piano
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In Bethlehem, That Fair City See work details
  • Tenor
  • Choir
  • Alto
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The Lily-white Rose See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Epithalamium For Piano See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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A Cat See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Improvisation See work details
  • Piano
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A Little Child There Is Y-born See work details
  • Tenor
  • Choir
  • Alto
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Dormi, Jesu ! See work details
  • Tenor
  • Choir
  • Alto
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Elegia See work details
  • Piano
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Notturno See work details
  • Piano
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Snowfall In Win (Study No. 9 See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Scrunch (Study No 8 See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Epithalamium (Homage To Mussorgsky See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasy. See work details
  • Piano
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Aria See work details
  • Piano
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Capriccio See work details
  • Piano
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Toccata See work details
  • Piano
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Mary Laid Her Child See work details
  • Organ
  • Choir
Classical
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Guitar Song See work details
  • Flute
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Gymnopedie See work details
  • Flute
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Scherzo. See work details
  • Flute
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Vocalise See work details
  • Flute
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String Quartet No.4 See work details
  • String Quartet
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Tenebrae See work details
  • Piano
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Fauvel's Rondeaux, See work details
  • Clarinet
  • violin
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Flute Concerto See work details
  • Flute
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Floraison (The Goddess Triolgy II) See work details
  • Horn
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Ballad See work details
  • Trumpet
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Halling See work details
  • Trumpet
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Highland Habanera See work details
  • Trumpet
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Jigaudon See work details
  • Trumpet
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P.B. Blues See work details
  • Trumpet
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Polish Dance See work details
  • Trumpet
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Siciliano See work details
  • Trumpet
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String Quartet No. 5 See work details
  • String Quartet
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Sonata See work details
  • Piano
  • Cello
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Dance-Movements See work details
  • Horn
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Caravan See work details
  • String Quartet
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Behold A Silly Tender Babe See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Canto See work details
  • Guitar
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I Have A Bonnet Trimmed With Blue See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Basse Danse 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 3584149068532365730005.