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...AGM... (1)Angel Fighter (1)
Bogenstrich (1)
Cantus lambeus (1)
Carmen Paschale (1)
Chorale from a Toy Shop (2016 version for strings) (1)
Chorale from a Toy Shop (2016 version for winds) (1)
Dance of the Metro-Gnome (1)
Endless Parade (1)
Fantasia III (1)
Frieze I (1)
Gawain's Journey (3)
Gawain (1)
Gigue Machine (1)
Hoquetus Irvinius (1)
In Broken Images (1)
Lied for cello and piano (1)
Lullaby (2006) (2)
Melencolia I (1)
Meridian (2)
Nenia: The Death of Orpheus (1)
Nine movements for string quartet (1)
On the sheer threshold of the night (1)
Oockooing Bird (1)
Orpheus Elegies (9) (2)
Piano Trio (1)
Pulse Sampler (1)
Responses. Sweet Disorder (1)
Ring a Dumb Carillon (1)
Ritual Fragment (3)
Saraband: The King's Farewell (arr. Rob Keeley) (1)
Settings (3) of Lorine Niedecker (1)
Settings (9) of Lorine Niedecker (2)
Songs by Myself (1)
String Quartet 'The tree of strings' (1)
The Last Supper (1)
The Mask of Orpheus (2)
The Moth Requiem (1)
The Triumph of Time (1)
Tombeau: in memoriam Igor Stravinsky (1)
Variations from the Golden Mountain (2)
Verses (1)
Virelai (1)
White and Light (1)

Sir Harrison Birtwistle (born 15 July 1934) is a British composer.
Harrison Birtwistle was born in Accrington, a mill town in Lancashire some 20 miles north of Manchester. His interest in music was encouraged by his mother, who bought him a clarinet when he was seven, and arranged for him to have lessons with the local bandmaster. He became proficient enough to play in the local military-style band, and also played in the orchestra that accompanied Gilbert and Sullivan productions and the local choral society's performances of Messiah. Birtwistle composed from around this time, later describing his early pieces as "sub Vaughan Williams".
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