Humphrey Searle
Humphrey Searle (born August 26, 1915 in Oxford , † May 12, 1982 in London ) was a British composer and student of Anton von Webern and John Ireland
In 1947 he wrote his first twelve-tone composition . He wrote symphonies , piano concertos and ballets as well as the film music for Yeti, the Snow Man and Until the Blood Freezes .
He wrote books about the composer Franz Liszt and developed the most widely recognized and widely used cataloging of Liszt's works.
Works (selection)
Operas
- 1944: The Colonel's photo
- 1950: Poem for 22 string instruments
- 1952: The Shadow of Cain for speaker and orchestra
- 1958: Diary of a madman
- 1968: Hamlet
Film music
- 1956: The baby on the battleship (The Baby and the Battleship)
- 1956. Beyond Mombasa ( Beyond Mombasa )
- 1957: The Man and Stranger ( The Passionate Stranger )
- 1957: Yeti, the Snowman ( The Abominable Snowman )
- 1957: Operation Tiger ( Action of the Tiger )
- 1958: Welcome to Kittchen ( Law and Disorder )
- 1959: Across the Antarctic ( Antarctic Crossing )
- 1959: The Wahlk (r) ampf ( Left Right and Center )
- 1963: Doctor Who (music for the TV series)
- 1963: Until the Blood Freezes ( The Haunting )
- 1972: The Tide of Traffic (short documentary film)
Web links
- Literature by and about Humphrey Searle in the catalog of the German National Library
- Humphrey Searle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Quadrille with a raven. Memoirs By Humphrey Searle
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Searle, Humphrey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British composer and student of Anton von Webern |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1982 |
| Place of death | London |