Stephen Crowe is an English

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

chamber opera Chamber opera is a designation for operas written to be performed with a chamber ensemble rather than a full orchestra. Early 20th-century operas of this type include Paul Hindemith's ''Cardillac'' (1926). Earlier small-scale operas such as Pergoles ...

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experimental music Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, ...

. His work has been performed internationally. After performances in London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Cambridge and Berlin his The Francis Bacon Opera was described as both "pretentious nonsense" and "avoiding the pitfalls of pretentiousness".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crowe, Stephen Living people English composers English conductors (music) British male conductors (music) 21st-century British conductors (music) 21st-century British male musicians Year of birth missing (living people)