!!!Burt, Francis

Burt, Francis, b. London (Great Britain), April 28, 1926, 
composer. From 1948 studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music 
in London and at the Musikhochschule Berlin. Has lived in Vienna since 
1956; 1973-1992 professor of composition at the Vienna Musikhochschule 
(now University of Music and Performing Arts), 1989-1991 head of its 
department of electroacoustics; 1987 organiser of the first 
"Lange Nacht der neuen Klaenge" ("Long Night of New 
Sounds") at the Vienna Konzerthaus. At first mainly interested in 
the elements of gesture and dance in music; later increasing interest 
in polyphonically conceived sound structures.

!Works
String Quartet, 1953; The Skull, 1956 (cantata); Volpone oder 
Der Fuchs, 1960 (opera); Der Golem, 1965 (ballet); Barnstable oder 
Jemand auf dem Dachboden, 1969 (opera); Unter der blanken Hacke des 
Monds, 1976 (baritone, orchestra); Und GOtt der HErr sprach, 1984 
(voices, orchestra); Fuer AlFrED SCHlEE, 1991 (string quartet); Blind 
Visions, 1995 (oboe, small orchestra).


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