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Tippett, Sir Michael
Tippett, Sir Michael (1905–98). Composer. Of Cornish stock, Tippett studied at the Royal College of Music, before further tuition in composition. Briefly a member of the Communist Party (1935), but increasingly disillusioned with politics, then the darkening European scene, his pacifist beliefs deepened (gaoled 1943, as a conscientious objector), though his humanitarianism found practical outlet as director of Morley College, successor to Holst. Although one of the most significant composers born in the 20th cent., Tippett was slower to mature than Britten, but developed a strong personal idiom based on complex rhythms and long lyrical phrases; to symphonies and chamber-music were added oratorio (A Child of our Time, 1941) and operas with his own libretti (The Midsummer Marriage, The Knot Garden), pervaded with themes of reconciliation. Despite his powers of imagination and inventiveness, public recognition came late—not until the 1960s in Britain (knighthood 1966), and the 1970s in America.
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JOHN CANNON. "Tippett, Sir Michael." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Tippett, Sir Michael." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-TippettSirMichael.html JOHN CANNON. "Tippett, Sir Michael." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-TippettSirMichael.html |
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Tippett, Sir Michael
Tippett, Sir Michael (1905–1998). Composer. Of Cornish stock, hence his Celtic temperament, Tippett studied at the Royal School of Music. Disillusioned by the realities of the First World War, he turned to socialism, then pacifism (a conscientious objector in the Second World War, briefly imprisoned 1943). Tippett's own music was initially conservative, but he soon developed a strongly personal idiom based on complex rhythms and long lyrical phrases; to symphonies and chamber music were added oratorio (A Child of Our Time, 1941) and operas with his own librettos (The Midsummer Marriage, King Priam, The Knot Garden).
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JOHN CANNON. "Tippett, Sir Michael." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Tippett, Sir Michael." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-TippettSirMichael.html JOHN CANNON. "Tippett, Sir Michael." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-TippettSirMichael.html |
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