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Lowell Liebermann
Lowell Liebermann
American composer, pianist and conductor
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Stefans Grové
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Murray McLachlan
Murray McLachlan
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Joseph Banowetz
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Gavin Sutherland
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Joanna MacGregor
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Arthur Benjamin
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Howard Blake
composer
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Malcolm Williamson
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John McCabe
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Béla Bartók
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Ahmed Adnan Saygun
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Walter Susskind
Walter Susskind
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Rodion Shchedrin
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Lera Auerbach
Lera Auerbach
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Charles Wuorinen
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Germaine Tailleferre
Germaine Tailleferre
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Francisco Mignone
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Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber
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David Horne
David Horne
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Ignaz Brüll
Ignaz Brüll
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Osvaldas Balakauskas
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York Bowen
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James MacMillan
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Robert Gerhard
Robert Gerhard
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Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev
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John Ogdon
John Ogdon
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Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen
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James Ehnes
James Ehnes
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Elliott Carter
Elliott Carter
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Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
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Alexander Gibson
Alexander Gibson
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Erik Chisholm
20th century Scottish composer and conductor

Erik Chisholm

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20th century Scottish composer and conductor
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Music

Erik William Chisholm (4 January 1904 – 8 June 1965) was a Scottish composer, pianist, organist and conductor sometimes known as "Scotland's forgotten composer". According to his biographer, Chisholm "was the first composer to absorb Celtic idioms into his music in form as well as content, his achievement paralleling that of Bartók in its depth of understanding and its daring", which led some to give him the nickname "MacBartók". As composer, performer and impresario, he played an important role in the musical life of Glasgow between the two World Wars and was a founder of the Celtic Ballet and, together with Margaret Morris, created the first full-length Scottish ballet, The Forsaken Mermaid. After World War II he was Professor and Head of the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town for 19 years until his death. Chisholm founded the South African College of Music opera company in Cape Town and was a vital force in bringing new operas to Scotland, England and South Africa. By the time of his death in 1965, he had composed over a hundred works.