Michael Tippett

English composer (1905-1996) · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians

Sir Michael Kemp Tippett was an English composer who rose to prominence during and immediately after the Second World War. In his lifetime he was sometimes ranked with his contemporary Benjamin Britten as one of the leading British composers of the 20th century.

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1998Died8 January 19981995Gramophone Award for Lifetime AchievementAward1983Order of MeritAward1982Honorary Doctor of the Royal College of MusicAward1979Companion of HonourAward1976Royal Philharmonic Society Gold MedalAward1966Knight BachelorAward1959Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1905Born2 January 1905

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Stamford School, which Tippett attended between 1920 and 1923

The Royal College of Music, where Tippett studied between 1923 and 1928

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Corsham High Street (photographed in 2008), where Tippett lived during the 1960s

A Javanese gamelan ensemble with two female singers

Le Lac Rose (Lake Retba), Senegal

The Newton Park campus at Bath Spa University, where the Michael Tippett Centre, a popular concert venue, is located

Awards

Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement1995

Order of Merit1983

Honorary Doctor of the Royal College of Music1982

Companion of Honour1979

Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal1976

Knight Bachelor1966

Commander of the Order of the British Empire1959

Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts

Walter Willson Cobbett Medal

About this person

Among his best-known works are the oratorio A Child of Our Time, the orchestral Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli, and the opera The Midsummer Marriage.

Country

United Kingdom