Robin Holloway

Robin Holloway, 2016

Robin Greville Holloway (born October 19, 1943 in Leamington Spa ) is an English composer .

Life

From 1952 to 1957 he was a choirboy at St Paul's Cathedral in London . He matriculated at King's College (Cambridge) and studied composition with Alexander Goehr . In 1974 Holloway became Assistant Lecturer in Music at the University of Cambridge and from 1980 he was a lecturer. In 1999 he was awarded the degree of Reader in Composition and since 2001 he has been Professor of Composition. He is also a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College , Cambridge .

Holloway has been called a "neo-romantic" composer; this is also reflected in his affinity for music around the turn of the century (1900).

1962: Opus 1, Garden Music for 9 instrumentalists
1964: Opus 2, Concertino No. 1 for small orchestra
1964–65: Opus 3, Three Poems of William Empson for mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble
1966–69: Opus 8, First Concerto for Orchestra
1967: Opus 9, melodrama for speaker, male choir and instrumental ensemble (Text: Sylvia Plath )
1968: Opus 11, Divertimento No. 1 for 'amateur orchestra and piano'
1972–73: Opus 20, Cantata on the Death of God for soloists, speakers, SATB choir, organ and orchestra
1973: Opus 22, Five Madrigals for choir
1977: Opus 32, This is Just to Say for tenor and piano
1981–82: Opus 50, War Memorials for wind ensemble
1982: Opus 51, Women in War , 'revue for 4 female soloists and piano'
1991: Opus 77, Lord, what is man? for choir (text: Crashaw)
1997: Opus 85, Scenes from Antwerp for orchestra
2004–2006: Opus 101, Fourth Concerto for Orchestra

^ Northcott, Bayan, "Robin Holloway" (Aug 1974). The Musical Times , 115 (1578): pp. 644-646.
^ Bye, Antony, "Acts of Possession" (October 1993). The Musical Times , 134 (1808): pp. 567-568, 570.

personal data
SURNAME	Holloway, Robin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Holloway, Robin Greville (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English contemporary composer of classical music
DATE OF BIRTH	October 19, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leamington Spa