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Ferneyhough, Brian, 1943-

LC control no.n 81132024
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LC classificationML410.F29715 Biography
Personal name headingFerneyhough, Brian, 1943-
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Variant(s)Ferneyhough, Bryan, 1943-
Associated countryEngland Great Britain
Associated placeFreiburg im Breisgau (Germany) San Diego (Calif.) Stanford (Calif.)
LocatedCalifornia
Birth date1943-01-16
Place of birthCoventry (England)
Field of activityComposition (Music)
Art music
Composition teachers (Music)
AffiliationStaatliche Hochschule für Musik (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)
University of California, San Diego
Stanford University
Profession or occupationComposers Music teachers University and college faculty members
Found inHis Sonatas for string quartet. [Phonodisc] 1969.
Flute XX, c1990: surrogate container (Bryan Ferneyhough (1943))
Lexikon der Violine, c2004 (Ferneyhough, Brian; b. Jan. 16, 1943, Coventry)
Wikipedia, November 27, 2018 (Brian Ferneyhough; Brian John Peter Ferneyhough (born 16 January 1943) is a British composer, who has resided in California, United States since 1987; typically considered to be the central figure of the New Complexity movement; taught composition at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and the University of California, San Diego, and currently, Stanford University; born in Coventry and received formal musical training at the Birmingham School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music; between 1973 and 1986 he taught composition at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, Germany; between 1987 and 1999 he was Professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego; in 2000, he became William H. Bonsall Professor in Music at Stanford University)