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Martin Butler was born in 1960 and studied at the University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music. In 1983 he received a Fulbright Award for study at Princeton University, USA, where he was resident until 1987. From September 1998 to July 1999 Martin returned to Princeton as Composer-in-Residence at the Institute for Advanced Study. He is currently Professor of Music at the University of Sussex.
His music is inventive and dramatic. Ingenious use of instrumental colours, a keen sense of rhythm, and some exuberant harmonies have meant that his catalogue of works have a distinct and readily identifiable personality.
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