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DICKINSON, Peter
b Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, 15 November 1934

He was an organ scholar at Queens' College, Cambridge and in 1958 was given a scholarship to the Juillard School. He worked as a pianist with the New York City Ballet, and as a critic and lecturer. From 1962 to 1970 he held various lectureships in London and Birmingham, finally resigning to work freelance. In 1974 he was made the first professor of music at Keele University.

1958 (25)

String Quartet No 1 (revised 1974)

1959 (26)

Three Juillard Dances, for instrumental ensemble

Variations, ballet

Vitalitas, ballet

Monologue for strings

1963 (30)

Motets

1965 (32)

The Judas Tree, for actors, singers and ensemble

1966 (33)

Martin of Tours, for chorus, soloists and organ

Elegy, for counter-tenor, harpsichord and cellos

1967 (34)

The Dry Heart, for chorus

Fanfares and Elegies, for six brass and organ

Paraphrase I, for organ

Paraphrase n, for piano

1968 (35)

Outcry, for alto, chorus and strings

1969 (36)

Five Diversions, for orchestra

1970 (37)

Transformations, for orchestra

1971 (38)

Winter Afternoons, for six solo voices and double-bass

Organ Concerto

Concerto for strings, percussion and electric organ

Translations, for recorder, viola da gamba and harpsichord

1972-83 (39-50)

Suite for the Centenary of Lord Berners, for clavichord

1973 (40)

Hymns, Blues and Improvisations, for piano quintet and tape

1974 (41)

Lust, for six solo voices

1975 (42)

Late Afternoon in November, for sixteen solo voices

String Quartet No 2 with tape and piano

1976 (43)

Solo, for baryton, tape and viola da gamba

Surrealist Landscape, for mezzo

1977 (44)

Aria for horn, oboe, clarinet and bassoon

Four Auden Songs, for soprano or tenor and piano

A Memory of David Munrow, for two counter-tenors, two recorders,

viola da gamba and harpsichord

Schubert in Blue, for mezzo and piano

1978 (45)

Four Duos for flute or oboe and cello

Reminiscences, for mezzo, sax and piano 1

979 (46)

A Birthday Surprise, for orchestra

1982 (49)

The Unicorns, for soprano and brass band

1984 (51)

Piano Concerto

Peter Dickinson has also written many songs.

 

 

 

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