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Composer (Music Score) Born: March 23, 1944 in London, England, UK Biography:"Michael Nyman" ranks as one of the hardest working and most prolific composers of the 20th century. Early in his career, he was closely associated with director "Peter Greenaway", for whom he composed several film scores, but in addition to movie work, Nyman's musical portfolio includes everything from string quartets to operas to avant-garde arrangements for his Michael Nyman Band. He is, by his own definition, a minimalist, and following the tradition begun by seminal American avant-garde composer "John Cage", he draws freely from established works, taking small, often simple pieces of existing music (excerpted from sources ranging from Romanian folk songs to Mozart) and expanding upon them through repetition, layering, and changing enough elements to render them his own unique creations.
A native of London, Nyman studied under Alan Bush at the Royal Academy of Music. Between 1961 and 1965, he... Full Biography
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