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Marcus Blunt
Marcus Blunt (31 December 1947 – 21 July 2022) was a British composer. Born in Birmingham, Blunt studied composition and clarinet at the Aberystwyth University, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, graduating in 1970. After a variety of jobs he settled in Derby from 1976 as a teacher of woodwind instruments. In 1990 he and his wife Maureen moved to Dumfriesshire where he focused on composing full time. His music, mostly instrumental, has been performed in Britain and internationally. His influences range from Domenico Scarlatti, Scarlatti to Alexander Scriabin, Scriabin and Michael Tippett, Tippett, but he also developed his own distinct harmonic language, based on an ascending series of pitches. This is most evident in his Piano Sonata No 3 ''The Life Force'' of 1988 (taken up by performers such as Kathryn Stott, John Lenehan and Murray McLachlan (musician), Murray McLachlan), and in the Piano Concerto (1992-5, but not premiered until 2005). He also uses diminishing int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan area. It is the largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately west of the city centre. Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
