MUSGRAVE, Thea
b Edinburgh, 27 May 1928
After graduating from Edinburgh University, she went to Paris to study under Nadia Boulanger, and while still a student she won the Donald Francis Tovey Prize and the Lili Boulanger Memorial Prize. She taught at London University and has been visiting professor at the University of California. She now lives in the USA, where she has received the Koussevitsky Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 1973 she was invited to become an honorary fellow of New Hall, Cambridge.
1953 (25)
A Tale for Thieves, ballet in one act
A Suite of Bairnsangs, for voice and piano
1954 (26)
Cantata for a Summer's Day
1955 (27)
The Abbot of Drimrock, chamber opera in one act
Five Love Songs for soprano and guitar
1958 (30)
Obliques, for orchestra
String Quartet
A Song for Christmas, for high voice and piano
1959 (31)
Triptych, for tenor and orchestra
1960 (32)
Colloquy, for violin and piano
Trio for flute, oboe and piano
Monologue, for piano
1961 (33)
Serenade for flute, clarinet, harp, viola and cello
Sir Patrick Spens, for tenor and guitar
1962 (34)
Chamber Concerto No 1
The Phoenix and the Turtle, for small choir and orchestra
1963 (35)
The Five Ages of Man, for chorus and orchestra
1964-5 (35-7)
The Decision, opera in three acts
1965 (37)
Festival Overture, for orchestra
Excursions, for piano (four hands)
1966 (38)
Nocturnes and Arias for orchestra
Chamber Concerto No 2, In Homage to Charles Ives
Chamber Concerto No 3
1967 (39)
Concerto for orchestra
Impromptu for flute and oboe
Music for horn and piano
1968 (40)
Clarinet Concerto
Beauty and the Beast, ballet in two acts for chamber orchestra and
tape (1968-9)
1969 (41)
Night Music, for chamber orchestra
Soliloquy, for guitar and tape
Memento vitae (Concerto in Homage to Beethoven), for orchestra
1970 (42)
Elegy, for viola and cello
Impromptu No 2, for flute, oboe and clarinet
From One to Another, for viola and tape
1971 (43)
Horn Concerto
Primavera, for soprano and flute
1972-3 (44-5)
The Voice of Ariadne, chamber opera in three acts
1973 (45)
Viola Concerto
1974 (46)
Space Play, a concerto for nine instruments
1975 (47)
Orfeo I, an improvisation on a theme for flute and tape
Orfeo II, for solo flute and fifteen strings
1977 (49)
Mary, Queen of Scots. opera
1978 (50)
O Caro m'e il Sonno, for unaccompanied chorus
1979 (51)
A Christmas Carol, opera
1980 (52)
The Last Twilight, for chorus, brass and percussion
From One to Another, for viola and fifteen strings
1981 (53)
Peripeteia, for orchestra
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, radio opera
1982 (54)
Fanfare, for brass quintet
See Musgrave webpage