Alexander Goehr
Born: 10th August 1932, Berlin, Germany
Died: 26th August 2024
Nationality: English
Peter Alexander Goehr was a German-born English composer of contemporary classical music and academic teacher. A long-time professor of music at the University of Cambridge, Goehr influenced many notable contemporary composers, including Thomas Adès, Julian Anderson, George Benjamin and Robin Holloway.
Born in Berlin, Goehr grew up in London surrounded by musicians, including his father, the conductor Walter Goehr. Goehr emerged as a central figure in the Manchester School of post-war British composers, including Peter Maxwell Davies and Harrison Birtwistle, in his early twenties. He joined Olivier Messiaen's masterclass in Paris in 1955.
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- …in real time I (2)
- a musical offering (JSB 1985) (1)
- After 'The Waking' (1)
- Arianna (1)
- Behold the Sun (1)
- Carol for St Steven (2)
- Cities and Thrones and Powers (1)
- Colossos Or Panic (1)
- Little Symphony, Op. 15 (2)
- Lyric Pieces (1)
- Manere Op. 81 (1)
- Marching to Carcassonne, Op. 75 (1)
- Metamorphosis/ Dance (1)
- Objects Darkly (5), Op. 62 (1)
- only two notes for olly (the other five for later) (1)
- Paraphrase (1)
- Paraphrase for solo clarinet on Monteverdi's 'Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorina' (1)
- Pastorals, Op. 19 (1)
- Piano Concerto (1)
- Piano Sonata, Op. 2 (1)
- Piano Trio, Op. 20 (1)
- Pieces (3), Op. 18 (1)
- Quintet for clarinet and strings, Op. 79 (1)
- Romanza (1)
- Since Brass, nor Stone... Op. 80 (1)
- Sinfonia (1)
- Sing, Ariel (1)
- Sonata (2)
- String Quartet No. 2, Op. 23 (1)
- Sumer is Icumen In (1)
- Symmetry Disorders Reach (1)
- Symphony in One Movement (1)
- The Death of Moses (1)
- The Deluge (1)
- The Mouse Metamorphosed into a Maid (1)
- Ulysses' Admonition to Achilles (2)
- When Adam Fell, Op. 89 (1)
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