Alun Hoddinott
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 63
Top works
- Sonata for piano No. 5
- A Contemplation Upon Flowers
- Suite
- Ritornelli
- Symphony
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Wales
- Active from
- 1929-08-11
- Active to
- 2008-03-12
british composerclassicalcomposer
Discography
- Summer Dances and Other Works for Brass Quintet1996
- Symphony no. 6 / Lanterne des morts / A Contemplation Upon Flowers / Scena for Strings1998
- Landscapes: Song Cycles and Folk Songs2014
- British Works for Cello and Piano, Volume 42015
- Milhaud: Concerto no. 1 / Honegger: Concerto / Hoddinott: Noctis equi2017
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 822
- Total plays
- 4,206
Tags
20th CenturyClassicalchamber musicneoclassicalart song
Alun Hoddinott CBE (August 11, 1929 – March 12, 2008), was the first Welsh composer of classical music to receive international recognition. Hoddinott was born in Bargoed, Glamorganshire, Wales. He was educated at University College, Cardiff, and later studied privately with Arthur Benjamin. His first major composition, the Clarinet Concerto, was performed at the Cheltenham Festival of 1954 by Gervase de Peyer with the Hallé Orchestra and Sir John Barbirolli. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bargoed
- Place of death
- Swansea
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- classical music
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1929-08-11
- date of death
- 2008-03-12
- archives at
- National Library of Wales
- name in native language
- Alun Hoddinott
- P12749
- Ambon
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