Gerald Barry · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
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- Works
- 12
Top works
- Lisbon
- L'agitation des Observateurs, le Tremblement des Voyeurs
- Communication and Language
- Chevaux-De-frise
- Triorchic Blues
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- Listeners
- 1,730
- Total plays
- 11,952
Tags
irelandcontemporary classicalwestern classical musiccomposer20th C
Gerald Barry was born in Ireland in 1952 and studied composition with Stockhausen and Kagel. He first came to public attention in 1979 with his radical ensemble works ‘__________’ and ‘Ø’. Many of his works have been commissioned by the BBC, including Chevaux-de-frise for the Ulster Orchestra at the 1988 Proms, The Conquest of Ireland and Day for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, The Eternal Recurrence, a setting of Nietzsche for voice and orchestra, and Hard D for the Orkest de Volharding. <a href="
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gerald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- County Clare
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- University College Dublin
- Employer
- University College Cork
- Student of
- Friedrich Cerha
- Image
- Gerald Barry 2007.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1952-04-28
- member of
- Aosdána
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