Composer
John McCabe
English composer and pianist (1939–2015)
1939–2015
72 works and musical collections
- 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
- Instruments played
- piano
- Genres
- symphony
- 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
- 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.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stabat Mater | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Requiem Sequence | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Symphony 'Of Time And The River' | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| A Curse On The Cat | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| A Noiseless Patient Spider | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| An August Midnight | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Halcyon Days | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Nature's Hymn To The Deity | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Fly | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Hedge Sparrow | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Swallow | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| To Daffodils | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Evening Watch | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Barons | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The French Court | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Hush-A-Ba Birdie, Croon, Croon | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| John Peel | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Water Of Tyne | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Weaving Song | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Woman By The Sea | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Elegy For Organ | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Aspects Of Whiteness | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Hawk In Winter Light | See work details | See edition 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. Authority record: VIAF 3584149068532365730005.