Francis Burt (composer)

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Francis Burt (born April 28, 1926 in London , † October 3, 2012 in Hartberg ) was a British composer.

Life

Burt completed after attending St. Edward's School in Oxford (1944 to 1945) as part of an officer training course as an engineer at Cambridge University and served from 1946 to 1947 as a first lieutenant in Nigeria . He then studied at the Royal Academy of Music until 1951 , where he became a composition student of Howard Ferguson . He also attended the Summer School of Music in Bryanston and Dartington. He then studied composition with Boris Blacher at the Berlin Music Academy .

Burt lived in Vienna from 1956 . From 1973 until his retirement in 1992, Burt was professor of composition at the Vienna University of Music , where he also headed the Institute for Electroacoustics from 1989 to 1991. He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Works

  • 3 Little Piano Pieces for JJ , 1949
  • Two songs of David for a cappella choir, 1951
  • String Quartet , 1951–1952
  • Volpone , Opera, 1952-1958
  • Jambs for orchestra, 1953
  • Music for two pianos , 1953
  • Duo for clarinet and piano, 1954
  • The Skull , cantata for tenor and orchestra, 1955
  • Bavarian Gentians for chamber choir and 6 instrumentalists, 1956, 2001
  • Espressione Orchestrale for orchestra, 1958–1959
  • The Golem , ballet, 1959, 1961
  • Fantasmagoria for orchestra, 1963
  • Barnstable or Someone in the Attic , Opera, 1969
  • Under the bare hoe of the moon for baritone and orchestra, 1974–1976
  • And the Lord God spoke , Meditations after a golden wedding for mezzo-soprano, baritone, bass, two mixed choirs and large orchestra, 1983
  • Morgana , 5 pictures for orchestra, 1985–1986
  • For William for 9 players, 1988
  • Echoes for 9 players, 1988–1989
  • For Alfred Schlee , A postmodern birthday greeting, for string quartet, 1991
  • Hommage à Jean-Henri Fabre , A bucolic fantasy, for 5 players, 1993–1994
  • 2nd string quartet , 1993-1994
  • Blind Visions for oboe and small orchestra, 1995
  • Mahan , opera based on a libretto by Richard Bletschacher, 1996–2007
  • Bavarian Gentians for chamber choir and 6 instrumentalists, 2001
  • Poppy and Memory (for Paul Celan) for Ensemble, 2010
  • Mary's Lullaby for a cappella choir, 2011
  • Variations of an old song for clarinet, accordion, viola and double bass, 2012

Awards

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://johanneskretz.bplaced.net/WWW-BURT/Bio.html
  2. ^ Grave site William Francis Stuart Burt , Vienna, Zentralfriedhof, Group 33, Group Extension E, Row 12, No. 21.
  3. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Burt, Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 2012
Place of death Hartberg