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Jonathan Harvey (born 3 May 1939 in Sutton Coldfield - died 5 December 2012) was a British composer.
He studied with Erwin Stein and Hans Keller at St John’s College, Cambridge, eventually obtaining a PhD. Early musical
influences included Schoenberg, Berg, Messiaen and Britten. While undertaking postgraduate study at Glasgow University,
Harvey was a ‘cellist in the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Around this time, he became interested in the music of Karlheinz
Stockhausen. In 1969 he took up a Harkness Fellowship at Princeton University, where he encountered Milton Babbitt, anot ...read more
Jonathan Harvey (born 3 May 1939 in Sutton Coldfield - died 5 December 2012) was a British composer.
He studied with Erwin Stein and Hans Keller at St John’s College, Cambridge, eventually obtaining a PhD. Early musical
influences included Schoenberg, Berg, Messiaen and Britten. While undertaking postgraduate study at Glasgow University,
Harvey was a ‘cellist in the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Around this time, he became interested in the music of Karlheinz
Stockhausen. In 1969 he took up a Harkness Fellowship at Princeton University, where he encountered Milton Babbitt, another
strong influence on his music. In the 1980s Harvey produced much music at IRCAM after receiving an invitation from Pierre
Boulez to work there.
Harvey was a Visiting Professor of Music at Imperial College London, and an Honorary Professor at Sussex University. « hide |
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