Michael Tippett
Michael Tippett
Sir Michael Kemp Tippett OM CH CBEwas 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. 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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth2 January 1905
nature different different-times
Nature has different times.
thinking greek different
The Greek sculptor - I don't think he was very different from any of us.
english-composer
This is something special. You can attempt to have a kind of non-living music.
continue depths embraces english-composer function images imagination society tradition whether within
My true function within a society which embraces all of us is to continue an age-old tradition. This tradition is to create images from the depths of the imagination and to give them form, whether visual, intellectual or musical.
would-be figures
The nearest figure to myself would be Shakespeare.
giving imagination intellectual
My true function within a society which embraces all of us is to continue an age-old tradition. This tradition is to create images from the depths of the imagination and to give them form, whether visual, intellectual or musical.
figures extremes locked
Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme.
confused way use
When we use terms we get confused, yet we have no other way.
doe accord fulfilment
Public notice does not necessarily accord with internal fulfilment.
country reading imagination
Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading.
music needs audience
Music is a performance and needs the audience.
nice world shiva
Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought.
character form theater
Characters are an extreme form in Shakespeare's theater.
suffering performances conductor
Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.