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Michael Nyman

1944 - Today

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Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film scores (many written during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway), and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano. He has written a number of operas, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat; Letters, Riddles and Writs; Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs; Facing Goya; Man and Boy: Dada; Love Counts; and Sparkie: Cage and Beyond. He has written six concerti, five string quartets, and many other chamber works, many for his Michael Nyman Band. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Nyman is the 342nd most popular composer (down from 334th in 2019), the 1,134th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,007th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Michael Nyman ranks 342 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann van Beethoven, Irving Berlin, Klaus Schulze, Georg Benda, Clément Janequin, and Ignaz Pleyel. After him are Francesco Gasparini, Sergei Taneyev, Francesco Durante, Luigi Dallapiccola, Germaine Tailleferre, and Riccardo Broschi.

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Among people born in 1944, Michael Nyman ranks 122. Before him are Coluche, Keith Emerson, Max Romeo, Peter Tosh, Patrick Depailler, and Jan Guillou. After him are Geneviève Grad, Günter Netzer, Ram Chandra Poudel, Ren Zhengfei, Rexhep Meidani, and Salmaan Taseer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Nyman ranks 1,134 out of 8,785. Before him are George Vancouver (1757), Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (1893), Philippa of England (1394), Arthur Drewry (1891), Stewart Granger (1913), and Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916). After him are Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520), Bill Wyman (1936), John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), Margaret of York (1446), and Frederick Fleet (1887).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Michael Nyman ranks 12. Before him are William Byrd (1543), Gustav Holst (1874), John Barry (1933), Eugen d'Albert (1864), Thomas Tallis (1502), and Keith Emerson (1944). After him are Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), John Dunstaple (1390), Ethel Smyth (1858), William Walton (1902), John Blow (1649), and Thomas Arne (1710).

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