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English composer

Person · Open Library

Works
85

Top works

  • Ten Pig Songs
  • Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41
  • Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10
  • Mahler at work
  • Turning Point

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1946
2011-09-03alternative rockjam bandjazz rockpop rockrock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
9,975
Total plays
38,334

Tags

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Colin Matthews (b. 1946) is an English composer. Matthews was born in London on 13th February 1946; his older brother is the composer David Matthews. He read classics at the University of Nottingham, and then studied composition there with Arnold Whittall and Nicholas Maw. In the 1970s he taught at the University of Sussex, where he obtained a doctorate for his work on Mahler, an offshoot of his long collaboration with Deryck Cooke on the performing version of Mahler's Tenth Symphony. <a href="

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Colin
Family name
Matthews
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
London
Occupation
music educator
Languages spoken
English language
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date of birth
1946-02-13
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