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Vinony's link graph records 120 inbound references to Nicholas Maw, and connects out to University of Exeter, Paris and North America.
It sits within the topics 1935 births, 2009 deaths and 20th-century British classical composers.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 41
Top works
- Concert Suite from Sophie's Choice: Score (Faber Edition)
- Head of Orpheus
- Flute Quartet
- Ghost Dances
- Violin Concerto
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1935-11-05
- Active to
- 2009-05-19
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 885
- Total plays
- 4,338
Tags
Nicholas Maw (born 1935 in Grantham; died 2009 in Washington D.C.) was a British composer. Maw was best known for his orchestral piece Odyssey (1987), the guitar work Music of Memory (1989) and a violin concerto (1993) written for Joshua Bell. His music has been described as neo-romantic but also as modernist and non-tonal (for instance Personæ, his ongoing cycle of piano pieces). Latterly, he was a member of the composition faculty at the Peabody Conservatory of Music at The Johns Hopkins Uni
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nicholas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Grantham
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Music
- Employer
- University of Exeter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Nadia Boulanger
- Genre
- opera
- Record label
- EMI Classics
Show 2 more facts
- date of birth
- 1935-11-05
- date of death
- 2009-05-19
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Available in 10 languages
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