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John Metcalf
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1788
- Died
- 1864
- Works
- 50
Top works
- The Good boy
- Honest John, the Sunday scholar
- Milk for babes, or, A catechism in verse
- Jack Halyard and Ishmael Bardus
- Bible history
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 269
- Total plays
- 2,058
Tags
contemporary classicalpianobritishClassicalwelsh
John Metcalf (b. 1946) is a Welsh composer. Metcalf was born in Swansea, South Wales, and now holds joint British and Canadian citizenship. He began his composing career in the 1960s, and has worked extensively in the field of music and theatre, including six operas. His compositions also include orchestral and chamber works. Stylistically his work has a strong tonal influence, but is often rhythmically complex, with much use of polyrhythms. Alongside his composing work <a href="https://www.l
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Swansea
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1946-01-01
- name in native language
- John Metcalf
- P12749
- Lonoke County
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