Anthony Gilbert (composer)

Anthony Gilbert (born 26 July 1934) is a British composer.

Anthony Gilbert
Born	July 26, 1934 London
Nationality	British
Education	Trinity College of Music Morley College Tanglewood
Occupation	Composer

Biography

Gilbert, who was born in London on 26 July 1934,[1] trained initially as a translator, then studied composition with Mátyás Seiber privately, and with Alexander Goehr and Anthony Milner at Morley College (Williams 2001). He also studied with Gunther Schuller at Tanglewood.[1][2] He was head of the School of Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music until 1999.[3] Amongst his students there were Simon Holt,[4] Martin Butler and James Saunders.[5] He is published by the University of York Music Press (since 1994) and Schott Music (works prior to 1994).

Work

Compositions

• Elegy for piano, 1961
• Strophics for violin & piano, 1961
• Piano Sonata no.1, 1962
• Duo for violin and viola, 1963
• Serenade for 6 instruments, 1963
• Missa Brevis for unaccompanied choir, 1965
• Sinfonia for chamber orchestra, 1965
• Assonants 1 for SATB soli + clarinet & horn, 1965
• Regions for two orchestras, 1966
• Three War Poems for chorus, 1966
• Piano Sonata no.2 (piano 4-hands), 1966
• Brighton Piece for 8 players, 1967
• Nine or Ten Osannas for 5 players, 1967
• The Incredible Flute Music for flute and piano (Peal I), 1968
• Peal II for big band, 1968
• Shepherd Masque for young voices, 1968
• Spell Respell for electric basset clarinet and piano, 1968
• Mother for solo cello and ensemb
• Treatment of Silence for violin and tape, 1969
• Love Poems for soprano and instrumental ensemble (2 versions) 10’, 1970
• The Scene-Machine one-act opera, libretto by George MacBeth 50’, 1970
• Cantata: the man who tried to hijack an airliner 16’ (withdrawn), 1971
• O’Grady Music for clarinet, cello and toy instruments 24’, 1971
• String Quartet with Piano Pieces (also exists in version for string quartet alone) 17’ / 22’, 1972
• Little Piano Pieces (from above, performable as a separate work) 8’, 1972
• Symphony (incorporates modified version of Regions) 39’, 1973
• Canticle I (Rock-Song), for wind instruments 9’, 1973
• Canticle II (Anger) for 6 male voices 6’, 1974
• Ghost and Dream Dancing for orchestra 19’, 1974
• Inscapes for soprano, speaking voice and small ensemble 30’, 1975
• Crow-Cry for chamber orchestra 20’, 1976
• Welkin for orchestra 11’, 1976
• The Chakravaka-Bird radio opera (libretto trans. from Indian sources by A. K. Ramanujan, Daniel H. H. Ingalls and A. Gilbert) (contact composer) 77’, 1977
• Towards Asâvari for piano and chamber orchestra 22’, 1978
• Canticle I (Rock-Song) version 2, for woodwind, horns, harp & piano 9', 1979
• Calls around Chungmori for chamber ensemble and participating audience 15’, 1979
• Long White Moonlight for soprano and electric double bass 18’, 1980
• Vasanta with Dancing for chamber ensemble (dancer optional) 17’, 1981
• Crow Undersongs for solo viola 11’, 1981
• Chant of Cockeye Bob for children’s voices and instruments 14’, 1981
• Koonapippi for youth orchestra 6’, 1981
• Sunrising for oboe and piano (commissioned and published by Forsyth Bros. Ltd., Manchester) 3’, 1981
• Bendigo Match for wind band (MS) 3', 1981
• Concert Fanfare for Strathfieldsaye for 5 brass and 2 perc. (MS) 1', 1981
• Little Fantasy on Gold-digger Melodies for flute and string quartet (MS) 4', 1981
• Little Dance of Barrenjoey for fl.,cl., vla, vc. (MS) 2’, 1981
• Victorian Round for any number of voices (MS), 1981
• Two Birds by Kuring-Gai for horn and piano (commissioned and published by Forsyth) 6’, 1982
• Moonfaring for cello and percussion 19'-30’, 1983
• Dawnfaring for viola and piano 15’, 1984
• Quartet of Beasts for 3 wind instruments and piano 13’, 1984
• Beastly Jingles for soprano and instrumental ensemble 11’, 1984
• O alter Duft for solo piano (withdrawn), 1984
• Six of the Bestiary for saxophone quartet 12’, 1985
• Funtoons: children’s pieces for piano (MS) 8’, 1985
• Fanfarings for 6 and 8 brass instruments (MS) 5 x 1’, 1986
• String Quartet II (revised 2003) 19’, 1987
• String Quartet III super hoqueto 'David' 7’, 1987
• Peal III for piano (MS) 2’, 1984
• Peal IV for organ (MS) 2’, 1984
• Four small Farings for sopranino recorder/piccolo and piano (Forsyth)**, 1984
• Dream Carousels for orchestra of wind 13’, 1984
• Certain Lights Reflecting song-cycle for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (to poems of Sarah Day) 19’, 1989
• Tree of Singing Names for chamber orchestra 15’, 1989
• O alter Duft for piano duet (withdrawn), 1990
• Upstream River Rewa for storyteller and Indo-European ensemble 29’, 1991
• Mozart Sampler with Ground for orchestra 10’, 1991
• Igórochki for solo recorder player and chamber ensemble 22’, 1992
• Fanfaring V for brass (MS) 1’, 1992
• Little Cycle for Elizabeth Yeoman for soprano, cello and piano (MS) 7’, 1992
• Paluma for sopranino recorder and piano (arranged from movement IV of Igórochki) (MS) 4’, 1993
• Trying to make John SLOW DOWN AFTER 50 for sopranino recorder and piano (Forsyth)**, 1993
• Ziggurat for bass clarinet and marimba 21’, 1994
• ...into the Gyre of a Madder Dance for orchestral wind (University of York Music Press) 7’, 1994
• Handles to the Invisible for a cappella choir (to poems of Sarah Day) (rev. 2003) 15’, 1995
• Stars for treble recorder and guitar (rev. 2004) 13’, 1995
• Moon comes up, Pearl Beach (June ‘79) for alto flute, vibraphone and cello (version 2, MS lost) 1’, 1995
• Flame Robin for sopranino recorder solo (Forsyth) 1’, 1995
• Miss Carroll her Lullabye for sopranino recorder and piano (Forsyth)**, 1995
• Chant-au-clair sopranino recorder and piano (Forsyth)**, 1995
• Midwales Lightwhistle Automatic for sopranino recorder and piano (Forsyth)**, 1996
• Dancing to the Tune for 4-8 oboes, 2-4 cors anglais, 1-2 heckelphones (MS) 4’, 1996
• This Tree (Frances Horovitz) [no.1 of Love Poems (1970), arr. mezzo and piano] (Schott) 3’, 1996
• Réflexions, Rose nord for bass clarinet and vibraphone 5’, 1996
• On beholding a Rainbow concerto for violin and orchestra 30’, 1997
• Osanna for Lady O for cello and piano (rewritten 2007) 8’, 1997
• Ondine - chant au clair de lune for soprano and recorder (Aloysius Bertrand) (MS) 6', 1998
• Vers de Lune soprano plus flute, cello, percussion (Aloysius Bertrand) (incorporates a version of Ondine - chant au clair... above) 17’, 1999
• Os for oboe and vibraphone (revised 2002) 16’, 1999
• Margareeting for tenor or descant recorder and piano (MS) 2’, 2000
• Sinfin for vibraphone solo 8’, 2000
• Sinfin 2 for 4 vibraphones (arrangement of above) 8’, 2000
• Worldwhorls for bass clarinet solo 8’, 2000
• Another Dream Carousel for string orchestra 8’, 2000
• Photos found at Hukvaldy, August 1928 for oboe solo 5’, 2000
• Even in flames,/the Thames/can’t hold a candle/to the Wandle for variable orchestra 6’, 2000
• Farings for sopranino recorder and piano (Forsyth) (the published compilation of all double-asterisked items) 15’, 2000
• Unrise for ten wind 16’, 2001
• Four Seasons for Josca’s for young players (variable ens.) 3’, 2001
• Piano Sonata no.3 autour des palombes 15', 2001
• Sinfin parados for vibraphone duo (arrangement of Sinfin) 8’, 2002
• String Quartet IV 23’, 2002
• Kauri for solo Tuba 11’, 2002
• Tulip Tree dances for solo Bass and Treble Recorders 15’, 2003
• Ondine (version 2, extended), soprano + recorder, cello, hpschd. 11’, 2003
• Sheer for string orch. 16’, 2003
• Palace of the Winds for 11 solo strings 15’, 2003
• Rose luisante for solo freebass accordion 9’, 2003
• Tinos for soprano, clarinet and vibraphone (Magdalena Mismareza) 3’, 2004
• Litany for clarinet and piano (Associated Board Spectrum series) 2’, 2004
• Catercorny 4 pieces for clarinet and piano (contains Litany above) 6', 2004
• Swallowtail for solo vibraphone 2', 2004
• Encantos song-cycle to Spanish symbolist love poetry for soprano or mezzo + clarinet, vibraphone, guitar (Magdalena Mismareza & anon.) (includes Tinos above) 14', 2004
• Halifenu Vine Dance for organ and pre-recorded organ 9', 2005
• People Pieces for piano (beginners and on) 15’, 2005
• Dark Singing, Dancing Light for bassoon and string quintet/string ens. 10', 2005
• A Piece of Cake for treble recorder and piano (MS) 80", 2006
• Jugalbandi Blues for bass clarinet solo 60", 2006
• Passing Bells for piano solo 3', 2006
• Ygg-drasill for soprano or mezzo + recorder, ob., cl., bsn, trp., 3 vlns, vc. (Cincuentas 3) 9', 2006
• Groove, Perchants, dance-concerto for orchestra 19', 2006
• Moon comes up, Pearl Beach (June ‘79) for alto flute, vibraphone, vc.(version 1 reconstructed) (Cincuentas 2) 2', 2007
• Osanna for Lady O for cello and piano (1997, rewritten 2007) 8’, 2007
• ecco Eco for flute, clarinet & vibraphone (Cincuentas 4) 50", 2007
• Echo for solo trumpet (Cincuentas 5) 4', 2007
• HumDance for string trio 20', 2007
• En Bateau, d'après Watteau for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin & cello (to poems by Baudelaire & Proust) 9', 2007
• York Surprise for flute, clarinet & bass clarinet 8', 2007
• Those Fenny Bells for treble, counter-tenor and vibraphone (poem by John Clare) 3', 2008
• Twirlpool for flute and viola 3', 2008
• Gioco dei Pari for violin & viola (reworking of Duo of 1962) 10', 2008
• Tulip Dance for solo flute (arranged from Tulip Tree, 2003) 5', 2008
• Word-Chimes in the Wind for wind quintet 18', 2008
• Twinned Set 7 short pieces for solo bassoon 18', 2008
• Set Two 7 short pieces for solo bass clarinet 18', 2008
• String Quartet no. 5 20', 2009
• Do Well : 8 short pieces for piano solo 15', 2009

Arrangements

• Guillaume de Machaut: Ma fin est mon commencement, arr. recorder ensemble with tambour (MS) 4', 1981
• Arthur Benjamin: Two Jamaican Street Songs, arr. piano 4h. (Boosey), 1990
• Mátyás Seiber: Burlesque from Pastorale & Burlesque, arr. recorder and piano; also arr. recorder and string trio (Schott), 2005

References

1. "Anthony Gilbert". www.schott-music.com. Schott. Retrieved 19 November 2020. Anthony Gilbert was born in London in 1934.
2. Michael Hall (2015). Music Theatre in Britain: 1960-1975. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-78327-012-5. ...and took up serious composition in his early twenties, studying first with Mátyás Seiber, then with Anthony Milner and Alexander Goehr at Morley College, London, and later with Gunther Schuller at Tanglewood.
3. ": : Anthony Gilbert - Composer : :". Anthonygilbert.net. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
4. "Simon Holt". Wisemusicclassical.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
5. Fox, C. (2008). "James Saunders". Grove Music Online. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

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