Composer
Michael Nyman
English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist
b. 1944
108 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1944
- Birthplace
- Stratford
- Citizenship / historical state
- United Kingdom
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film scores (many written during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway), and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano. He has written a number of operas, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat; Letters, Riddles and Writs; Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs; Facing Goya; Man and Boy: Dada; Love Counts; and Sparkie: Cage and Beyond. He has written six concerti, five string quartets, and many other chamber works, many for his Michael Nyman Band. He is also a performing pianist. Nyman prefers to write opera over other forms of music.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; musicologist; pianist; film score composer; recording artist; music critic
- Instruments played
- piano
- Genres
- opera
- Notable works
- Wonderland
- Awards
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire; AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score; Lucie Award; honorary degree of the University of Leeds; doctor honoris causa of the University of Warwick
- Official website
- https://www.michaelnyman.com/
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 29718990
- ISNI
- 0000000114893709
- GND ID
- 129928771
- Library of Congress ID
- n81014585
- MusicBrainz ID
- c3161cf7-cab1-4409-9b1f-876561dd7716
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, violin, Viola, String Quartet, Voice
- Genres represented
- Classical, Jazz, pop
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HE SANG IN A GENTLE VOICE | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| I'M RIDING ON A TRAM | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| LIFE'S CHAOS | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| NACHTLICH GESCHURZT | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| QUAND TES PIEDS ONT DANSE | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| SILENCE EMERGES | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| THINGS THE ARTIST MUST NOT DO TODAY | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| THIS IS WHAT I FOUND TODAY | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| TORTURED PRISONER | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| WHERE THE BEE SUCKS | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| WHILE YOU HERE DO SNORING LIE | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| YOU ARE MY SON | 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 29718990. Portrait: Josep Renalias, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.