| LC control no. | n 89622761 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Volans, Kevin, 1949- |
| Other standard no. | http://dbpedia.org/resource/Kevin_Volans 12497088 http://viaf.org/viaf/12497088 Q2379963 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2379963 913c7286-84e0-46e8-bfaf-8a7a39fdb386 https://musicbrainz.org/artist/913c7286-84e0-46e8-bfaf-8a7a39fdb386 585365 mn0001207381 FRBNF13950387 http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13950387w 158164415 https://www.idref.fr/158164415 248903 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/248903 |
| Associated country | South Africa Germany France United States Ireland |
| Located | Cork (Ireland : County) |
| Birth date | 1949-07-26 1949-07-06 |
| Place of birth | Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) |
| Field of activity | Composition (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Composers |
| Found in | His Summer gardeners, 1985: t.p. (Kevin Volans) p. 173 (b. 1949, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; composer) MCA performances 2001-2002 season, 2001: p. 7 (Kevin Volans; b. July 26, 1949; graduated from the Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1972; postgraduate studies, Univ. of Aberdeen; lived in Cologne 1973-1981, pupil and then teaching asst. of Karlheinz Stockhausen at the Musikhochschule; also studied music theatre, piano, and electronic music; worked as freelance composer; recorded African music on behalf of the West German Radio (WDR Köln); taught composition at the Univ. of Natal, Durban, 1982-1984; D Mus 1985 from there; returned to freelance composition, living in Paris (1985) and Cork (1986); composer-in residence, Princeton Univ., 1992) Wikipedia, June 27, 2017 (Kevin Volans; born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on 6 July 1949; best known South African composer active today; was Composer-in Residence at Queen's University Belfast from 1986-89. Thereafter he has made his home in the Republic of Ireland and in 1994 became an Irish citizen) Music Sales Classical website, June 27, 2017 (Kevin Volans; Born: 1949; Nationality: Irish; Publisher: Chester Music) <http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/long-bio/Kevin-Volans> The Contemporary Music Centre Ireland website, June 27, 2017 (Kevin Volans (b. 1949); born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; moved to Ireland in 1986 and has been an Irish citizen since 1994. He lives in Co. Cork) <https://www.cmc.ie/composers/kevin-volans> Discogs website, June 27, 2017 (Kevin Volans; South African composer, born 6th July 1949 in Pietermaritzburg) |
| Associated language | eng |
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