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Sophie Wyss

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Sophie Adele Wyss (5 July 189725 December 1983) was a Swiss soprano who made her career as a concert singer and broadcaster in the UK. [1]

58 relations: Adolph Hallis, Alan Rawsthorne, Alban Berg, Antony Hopkins, Arnold Cooke, Arthur Bliss, Arthur Honegger, Arthur Rimbaud, Arts and Humanities Research Council, BBC, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Bognor Regis, Boyd Neel, Canton of Bern, Christian Darnton, City of Basel Music Academy, Claude Debussy, Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, Decca Records, Dies Natalis (cantata), Elisabeth Lutyens, Elizabeth Maconchy, Emmanuel Chabrier, François Couperin, Frank Martin (composer), Gabriel Fauré, George Enescu, George Frideric Handel, Gerald Finzi, Gerald Moore, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Henri Duparc (composer), Henry Handel Richardson, Henry Purcell, Henry Wood, Ivor Gurney, Jules Massenet, Kathleen Long, La Neuveville, Lennox Berkeley, Les Illuminations (Britten), Louis Durey, Maurice Ravel, Mátyás Seiber, Our Hunting Fathers, Paul Hindemith, Peter Pears, Peter Racine Fricker, Ralph Vaughan Williams, ..., Reynaldo Hahn, Roberto Gerhard, Society for the Promotion of New Music, Soprano, Tenor, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The Proms, William Byrd. Expand index (8 more) »

Adolph Hallis

Adolph Hallis (4 July 1896 – 1987) was a South African pianist, composer and teacher.

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Alan Rawsthorne

Alan Rawsthorne (2 May 1905 – 24 July 1971) was a British composer.

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Alban Berg

Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School.

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Antony Hopkins

Antony Hopkins CBE (21 March 1921) was an English composer, pianist and conductor, as well as a writer and radio broadcaster.

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Arnold Cooke

Arnold Atkinson Cooke (4 November 1906 – 13 August 2005) was a British composer.

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Arthur Bliss

Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (2 August 189127 March 1975) was an English composer and conductor.

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Arthur Honegger

Arthur Honegger (10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris.

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Arthur Rimbaud

Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet who is known for his influence on modern literature and arts, which prefigured surrealism.

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Arts and Humanities Research Council

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) was established in April 2005 as successor to the Arts and Humanities Research Board and is a British Research Council; non-departmental public body that provides approximately £102 million from the government to support research and postgraduate study in the arts and humanities, from languages and law, archaeology and English literature to design and creative and performing arts.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Symphony Orchestra

The BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO) is a British orchestra based in London.

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Benjamin Britten

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist.

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Bognor Regis

Bognor Regis is a seaside resort in West Sussex on the south coast of England, south-west of London, west of Brighton, south-east of Chichester and east of Portsmouth.

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Boyd Neel

Louis Boyd Neel O.C. (19 July 190530 September 1981) was an English, and later Canadian conductor and academic.

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Canton of Bern

The canton of Bern (Bern, canton de Berne) is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population.

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Christian Darnton

Philip Christian Darnton (30 October 1905 – 14 April 1981), also known as Baron von Schunck, was a British composer who wrote the 1945 book You and Music and various modernistic scores to a few feature films and short films for the Canadian Army.

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City of Basel Music Academy

The City of Basel Music Academy (Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel) is an institution for music education, located in Basel, Switzerland.

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Claude Debussy

Achille-Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer.

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Conservatoire de Musique de Genève

The Conservatoire de musique de Genève is a music school in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Dies Natalis (cantata)

Dies Natalis (Latin: "Natal Day" or "Day of Birth"), Op.

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Elisabeth Lutyens

Agnes Elisabeth Lutyens, CBE (9 July 190614 April 1983) was an English composer.

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Elizabeth Maconchy

Dame Elizabeth Violet Maconchy Le Fanu DBE (19 March 1907 – 11 November 1994) was an English composer of Irish heritage.

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Emmanuel Chabrier

Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier (January 18, 1841September 13, 1894) was a French Romantic composer and pianist.

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François Couperin

François Couperin (10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist.

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Frank Martin (composer)

Frank Martin (15 September 1890 – 21 November 1974) was a Swiss composer, who lived a large part of his life in the Netherlands.

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Gabriel Fauré

Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher.

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George Enescu

George Enescu (19 August 1881 – 4 May 1955), known in France as Georges Enesco, was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, and teacher.

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George Frideric Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (born italic; 23 February 1685 (O.S.) – 14 April 1759) was a German, later British, Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos.

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Gerald Finzi

Gerald Raphael Finzi (14 July 1901 – 27 September 1956) was a British composer.

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Gerald Moore

Gerald Moore CBE (30 July 1899 – 13 March 1987) was an English classical pianist best known for his career as an accompanist for many famous musicians.

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 – 2 February 1594) was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best-known 16th-century representative of the Roman School of musical composition.

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Henri Duparc (composer)

Eugène Marie Henri Fouques Duparc (21 January 1848 – 12 February 1933) was a French composer of the late Romantic period.

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Henry Handel Richardson

Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson (3 January 187020 March 1946), known by her pen name Henry Handel Richardson, was an Australian author.

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Henry Purcell

Henry Purcell (or; c. 10 September 1659According to Holman and Thompson (Grove Music Online, see References) there is uncertainty regarding the year and day of birth. No record of baptism has been found. The year 1659 is based on Purcell's memorial tablet in Westminster Abbey and the frontispiece of his Sonnata's of III. Parts (London, 1683). The day 10 September is based on vague inscriptions in the manuscript GB-Cfm 88. It may also be relevant that he was appointed to his first salaried post on 10 September 1677, which would have been his eighteenth birthday. – 21 November 1695) was an English composer.

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Henry Wood

Sir Henry Joseph Wood (3 March 186919 August 1944) was an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the Proms.

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Ivor Gurney

Ivor Bertie Gurney (28 August 1890 – 26 December 1937) was an English poet and composer, particularly of songs.

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Jules Massenet

Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (12 May 184213 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty.

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Kathleen Long

Kathleen (Ida) Long CBE (7 July 189620 March 1968) was an English pianist and teacher.

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La Neuveville

La Neuveville (Neuenstadt) is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois).

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Lennox Berkeley

Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley (12 May 190326 December 1989) was an English composer.

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Les Illuminations (Britten)

(The Illuminations), Op. 18, is a song cycle by Benjamin Britten, first performed in 1940.

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Louis Durey

Louis Edmond Durey (27 May 18883 July 1979)Randel, Don Michael (1996).

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Maurice Ravel

Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor.

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Mátyás Seiber

Mátyás György Seiber (4 May 190524 September 1960) was a Hungarian-born composer who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1935 onwards.

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Our Hunting Fathers

Our Hunting Fathers, Op.

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Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a prolific German composer, violist, violinist, teacher and conductor.

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Peter Pears

Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears (22 June 19103 April 1986) was an English tenor.

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Peter Racine Fricker

Peter Racine Fricker (5 September 1920, London, UK1 February 1990, Santa Barbara, CA) was an English composer who lived in the US for the last thirty years of his life.

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams (12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer.

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Reynaldo Hahn

Reynaldo Hahn (August 9, 1874 – January 28, 1947) was a Venezuelan, naturalised French, composer, conductor, music critic, diarist, theatre director, and salon singer.

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Roberto Gerhard

Robert Gerhard i Ottenwaelder (25 September 1896 – 5 January 1970) was a Spanish Catalan composer and musical scholar and writer, generally known outside Catalonia as Roberto Gerhard.

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Society for the Promotion of New Music

The Society for the Promotion of New Music (SPNM), originally named The Committee for the Promotion of New Music, was founded January 1943 in London by Francis Chagrin, to promote the creation and performance of new music by young and unestablished composers.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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Tenor

Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice, whose vocal range is normally the highest male voice type, which lies between the baritone and countertenor voice types.

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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians.

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The Proms

The Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London.

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William Byrd

William Byrd (birth date variously given as c.1539/40 or 1543 – 4 July 1623), was an English composer of the Renaissance.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wyss

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