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Alexander Goehr
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English composer
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1932
- Works
- 33
Top works
- Simplex Simplicius
- The mouse metamorphosed into a maid
- Concerto, for violin and orchestra, op. 13
- Little symphony
- Suite for flute, clarinet, horn, violin/viola, 'cello, and harp. Op. 11
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1932
- Active to
- 2024
Discography
- Alexander Goehr: Violin Concerto / Iain Hamilton: Violin Concerto1972
- The Law of the Quadrille Is Clear (Songs After Kafka) / String Quartet no. 31983
- Sing, Ariel / The Mouse Metamorphosed Into a Maid1992
- Piano Concerto / Symphony in One Movement1995
- Symmetry Disorders Reach2007
- Since Brass, Nor Stone…2013
- Piano Trio / String Quartet no. 2
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,369
- Total plays
- 8,952
Tags
Alexander Goehr (born 10 August 1932 in Berlin) is an English composer and academic. He was born in Berlin, the son of Walter Goehr. He studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester (1952–55) where he met Peter Maxwell Davies, Harrison Birtwistle, John Ogdon and Elgar Howarth. Together they formed New Music Manchester, a group dedicated to performances of contemporary music. In 1956 he went to Paris to study with Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire <a href="https://www.last.fm/
Recent publications · Crossref
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Cambridgeshire
- Child
- Lydia Goehr
- Father
- Walter Goehr
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- professor emeritus
- Educated at
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Employer
- University of Southampton
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Yvonne Loriod
- Genre
- symphony
- Image
- Composer Alexander Goehr.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1932-08-10
- student
- Colin Brumby
- name in native language
- Alexander Goehr
- P8168
- Stepan Betsa
- Commons category
- Alexander Goehr
- date of death
- 2024-08-25
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