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First name: Michael
Last name: Nyman
Dates: 1944
Category: Quintet
Nationality: British
Opus name: I.:Miserere Paraphrase (1991) (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover); II: Through the Ony Window (2012)
Publisher: Chester
Peculiarities: http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/1149/11416 https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/sheet-music/products/7486944--michael-nyman-through-the-only-window-string-quartet-piano-score-parts
Information: Michael Nyman is a composer, pianist, librettist, writer, musicologist, photographer and film-maker whose work encompasses opera, concert music and film soundtracks of which The Draughtsman's Contract and The Piano are the best-known. Since founding the Michael Nyman Band in 1977, which tours the world, he has worked with leading film directors and has collaborated with artists such as Mary Kelly, Damon Albarn, Carsten Nicolai and the recent Oscar winning Man on Wire star Phillippe Petit. An exhibition of his photographs and video-works was recently shown at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill and more exhibitions are planned. His music is available via an extensive range of recordings on his own label, MN Records.