James Dillon
Sign in to saveAlso known as James Mathew Dillon, Séamus Maitiú Diolún, Seamus Maitiu Diolun, James Matthew Dillon
Irish politician (1902–1986)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Marching with Dr. King
- Big Gold
- Odds of Being Jesus
- Making Contact
- Bruno Sammartino
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1988-04-29
alternative singer/songwriteralternative/indie rockart popdowntempoelectronicindie electronic
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,971
- Total plays
- 21,566
Tags
contemporary classicalcomposernew complexityClassicalScottish
Dillon, James (b. October 29, 1950, Glasgow, Scotland). Esteemed British composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed throughout the world. Mr. Dillon is self-taught as a composer. He had early experiences with traditional bagpipe music and in the late 1960s, he played with his band Influx. He studied art and design at the Glasgow School of Art in 1968, linguistics at the University College of London in 1970 and piano with Eleanor Purse in 1970
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Dillon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Irish Free State
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Place of death
- Ballaghaderreen
- Father
- John Dillon
- Sibling
- Myles Dillon
- Occupation
- barrister
- Educated at
- University of Galway
- Political party
- Fine Gael
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- James Dillon circa 1930s.jpg
- Residence
- County Dublin
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1902-09-26
- date of death
- 1986-02-10
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