In the 1960s and 1970s, British music was transfixed by the Manchester School. Led by the composers Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander Goehr and Peter Maxwell Davies, this northern powerhouse of art music also included the brilliant pianist John Ogden and the conductor Elgar Howarth. All five had studied in the city in the early 1950s.

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When atonal music was original and exciting

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30.11.2023

In the 1960s and 1970s, British music was transfixed by the Manchester School. Led........

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