John Tavener
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British composer (1944-2013)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Dorset
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Highgate School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Genre
- opera
- Record label
- Manticore Records
- Official website
- www.johntavener.com
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- date of birth
- 1944-01-28
- Commons category
- John Tavener
- date of death
- 2013-11-12
- birth name
- John Kenneth Tavener
- influenced by
- Frithjof Schuon
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- P12749
- (20959) 1936 UG
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Tavener in 2005
Sir John Kenneth Tavener (28 January 1944 – 12 November 2013) was an English composer of choral religious works. Among his works are The Lamb (1982), The Protecting Veil (1988), and Song for Athene (1993).
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