Malcolm Williamson | |
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Born | Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson 21 November 1931 |
Died | 2 March 2003 Cambridge, England | (aged 71)
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Works | List of compositions |
19th Master of the Queen's Music | |
In office October 1975 – 2 March 2003 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Arthur Bliss |
Succeeded by | Peter Maxwell Davies |
Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson, AO, CBE (21 November 1931 – 2 March 2003) was an Australian composer. He was the Master of the Queen's Music from 1975 until his death. According to Grove Music Online, although Williamson's earlier compositions aligned with Serialist techniques, "he later modified his approach to composition in the search of a more inclusive musical language that was fundamentally tonal and, above all, lyrical. In the 1960s, he was commonly referred to as the most often commissioned composer in Britain, and over his lifetime he produced more than 250 works in a wide variety of genres."[1]