Douglas Lilburn

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Douglas Lilburn

Douglas Gordon Lilburn (born November 2, 1915 in Wanganui , † June 6, 2001 in Wellington ) was a New Zealand composer .

Life

Lilburn grew up on the Drysdale farm in New Zealand's North Island . After studying music in Christchurch (where he won a composition prize initiated by Percy Grainger in 1936 ), he studied composition at the Royal College of London, with Ralph Vaughan Williams among others . In 1940 Lilburn returned to New Zealand and settled in Christchurch. In 1947 he came to teach at Victoria College , now the Victoria University of Wellington . There he held a professorship from 1970. Lilburn was instrumental in building New Zealand's musical life.

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Lilburn's compositional style was initially strongly influenced by European late Romanticism . In the 1950s he also took up elements of twelve-tone music and serialism . After 1960 he hardly ever wrote works for conventional ensembles, but dealt almost exclusively with electronic music .

Works (selection)

  • Forest (Tone Poem) (1936)
  • Drysdale Overture (1937)
  • Cantata "Prodigal Country" (1939)
  • Festival Overture (1939)
  • Aotearoa Overture (1940)
  • A Song of Islands (Tone Poem) (1946)
  • 3 symphonies (1949, 1951, 1961)
  • numerous works for string orchestra

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personal data
SURNAME Lilburn, Douglas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lilburn, Douglas Gordon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Wanganui
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 2001
Place of death Wellington