Howard Skempton
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British composer and accordionist (born 1947)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Field Notes
- Images
- Collected Piano Pieces
- Five Preludes for Guitar
- The Flight of Song
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1947-10-31
composercontemporary classical
Discography
- Michael Finnissy plays Weir, Finnissy, Newman and Skempton1992
- Lento1992
- Well, Well, Cornelius1996
- Surface Tension1998
- Ben Somewhen2007
- Feldman: Triadic Memories / Skempton: Notti stellate a Vagli2008
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner2017
- Man and Bat / Piano Concerto / The Moon Is Flashing / Eternity's Sunrise2019
- Piano Works2020
- 50 Preludes and Fugues for Organ2024
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 18,867
- Total plays
- 108,341
Tags
contemporary classicalcomposerAvant-GardeClassicalbritish
Howard Skempton (b. Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, 1947), is a British composer and accordionist, and one of the founder members of the Scratch Orchestra, formed in 1969. His output has been linked to the musical movement known as minimalism. Skempton studied musical composition with Cornelius Cardew, and took part in Cardew's new music lectures at Morley College, London. Skempton's work is characterized by a conventional approach to harmony and a stripped down <a href="https://www
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Howard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Chester
- Occupation
- accordionist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- piano
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- date of birth
- 1947-10-31
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