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Thea Musgrave (b. 27 May 1928, Barnton, Edinburgh
Barnton, Edinburgh

Barnton is a upper-class suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, located to the north-west of the city.It is home to the Royal High School of Edinburgh; the Barnton Hotel; Braehead House, a plain Scots Classical architecture house dating from circa 1700; and The Royal Burgess Golfing Society, one of the oldest golf clubs in Scotland....
) is a Scottish
Scottish people

The Scots people are a nation and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland.Historically, as an ethnic group, they emerged from an amalgamation of Celts, Picts, Gaels and Brythons....
-born, American
United States

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-based composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 of opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
 and classical music
Classical music

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Thea Musgrave (b. 27 May 1928, Barnton, Edinburgh
Barnton, Edinburgh

Barnton is a upper-class suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, located to the north-west of the city.It is home to the Royal High School of Edinburgh; the Barnton Hotel; Braehead House, a plain Scots Classical architecture house dating from circa 1700; and The Royal Burgess Golfing Society, one of the oldest golf clubs in Scotland....
) is a Scottish
Scottish people

The Scots people are a nation and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland.Historically, as an ethnic group, they emerged from an amalgamation of Celts, Picts, Gaels and Brythons....
-born, American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
-based composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 of opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
 and classical music
Classical music

Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of Western art history Religious music and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times....
.

Biography


She studied at Edinburgh University and then in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 with Marcel Ciampi
Marcel Ciampi

Marcel Paul Maximin Ciampi was a French pianist and teacher. He held the longest tenure in the history of the Conservatoire National Sup?rieur de Musique de Paris and also became head of piano classes at the Yehudi Menuhin School in England....
, returning to Britain and working on a number of operas in the late 1950s and 1960s. She moved to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 in the 1970s.

Career milestones


  • 1958: attended Tanglewood
    Tanglewood

    Tanglewood is an estate and music venue in Lenox, Massachusetts and Stockbridge, Massachusetts and is the home of the annual summer Tanglewood Music Festival and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival....
     Festival and studied with Aaron Copland
    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland was an American classical music composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, he was widely known as "the dean of American composers." Copland's music achieved a balance between modernism music and American folk styles....
    .
  • 1971: married American violist and opera conductor Peter Mark and moved to the United States.
  • 1987 - 2002: Distinguished Professor, City University of New York
    City University of New York

    Not to be confused with New York University formerly known as the University of the City of New York.For similar uses see University of New York...
    , Queens College.
  • 1995: Premiere of the opera Simón Bolívar at the Virginia Opera
    Virginia Opera

    Virginia Opera is an opera company based in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is led by its Artistic Director, Peter Mark, who has been with the company since its first major performances in 1975....
    .
  • 2003: Premiere of Turbulent Landscapes by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five "....
    .


Works


Major works


  • Chamber Concerto No 2 (1966; chamber ensemble)
  • Night Music (1968; for chamber orchestra - J.W. Chester
    Chester Music

    Chester Music and Novello and Co., or ChesterNovello is a British publisher of printed music specializing in classical composition and educational music of the 20th and 21st centuries....
    /Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd.)
  • Concerto for Orchestra (1967)
  • Clarinet Concerto (1969)
  • Concerto for Horn (1971)
  • Rorate Coeli
    Rorate Coeli

    Rorate Coeli, the opening words of the Book of Isaiah, 45:8, in the Vulgate, is a text used in the Catholic liturgy.It is used frequently both at Mass and in the Divine Office during Advent....
     (1973; choir)
  • Song of the Enchanter (commissioned
    Commission (art)

    In art, a commission is the hiring and payment for the creation of a piece, often on behalf of another.In classical music, Musical ensembles are often said to commission pieces from composers, wherein the ensemble secures the composer's payment from private or public organizations or donors....
     to honour the 125th anniversary of the birth of Jean Sibelius
    Jean Sibelius

    Johan Julius Christian Sibelius was a Finland composer of the later Romantic music whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity....
    )
  • Songs for a Winter’s Evening (1995; soprano, orchestra)
  • Phoenix Rising (1997, orchestra)


Operas


  • The Abbot of Drimock (1955)
  • Marko the Miser (1962)
  • The Decision (1965)
  • The Voice of Ariadne (1973)
  • Mary, Queen of Scots (1977)
  • A Christmas Carol (1979)
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1981)
  • Harriet, the Woman called 'Moses (1984)
  • Simón Bolívar (1992)
  • Pontalba (2003)


External links


  • - personal website