Collected Shorter Piano Pieces

ISBN 10: 0193726408 ISBN 13: 9780193726406

Publisher: Oxford University Press Music, 1992

13 short piano pieces dating from 1957-89 and displaying a wide variety of styles and forms. The score is a facsimile of the composer's immaculate manuscript.

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About the Author:

Michael Finnissy was born in Tulse Hill, London in 1946 and studied at the Royal College of Music. He later studied in Italy with Roman Vlad. He went on to create the music department of the London School of Contemporary Dance, and has been associated as composer with many notable British dance companies. He has also been musician in residence to the Victorian College of the Arts, the City of Caulfield in Australia, and the East London Late Starters Orchestra. In 1999 he was made Professor of Composition at the University of Southampton. Finnissy has been featured composer at the Bath, Huddersfield and Almeida festivals, amongst others, and his works are widely performed and broadcast worldwide. Recordings are available on various labels, notably NMC and Metier; the latter has released a cycle of CDs to great critical acclaim.

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