Michael F. Robinson

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Michael Finlay Robinson (born 3 March 1933) is an English

Hutchinson, 1966), and A Thematic Catalogue of the Works of Giovanni Paisiello (Pendragon, vol 1. published in 1991 and vol. 2 in 1994). He also contributed to several collaborative works, including Research Chronicle of the Royal Musical Association (1972), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980) and Opera buffa in Mozart's Vienna (Cambridge University Press, 1997), and to several music journals like Music & Letters and Soundings.[1]

Robinson was born in

professor emeritus of Cardiff University.[1][2]

Music compositions

  • Sonata Movement for viola d'amore and pianoforte (originally 1960; later rearranged for viola and pianoforte)
  • A Child's Vision of Night for soprano and pianoforte (1964)
  • Six Fugues for harpsichord (1967–68)
  • Credo and Gloria for 4-pt choir and organ (1968)
  • String Quartet No 1 (1972)
  • String Quartet No 2 (1974)
  • Three Settings of Thomas Hardy for baritone and pianoforte (1975)
  • Duo for Violin and Pianoforte (1975)
  • Three Settings of W.B. Yeats for tenor and pianoforte (1979)
  • Duo for Two Pianos (1982–83)
  • A Pretty How Town (words by E.E. Cummings) for baritone and eight instrumentalists (1984)
  • Phoenix for oboe and pianoforte (1988, revised 1993)
  • Three Songs about Love for baritone and pianoforte (1985–94)
  • Two Songs for Cherry Willingham for children's voices and pianoforte (1994–96)
  • Fantasy for Solo Violoncello (1997)
  • Blessed Art Thou, O God, anthem for unaccompanied 8-pt choir (2001)
  • The House of Bernarda Alba, opera in 2 acts (1997–2004)
  • A Welsh Garland, suite for wind band (2005–06)
  • The Bells of Leud for pianoforte solo (2007)
  • Four Sonnets for soprano and pianoforte (2008)

References

  1. ^ a b International who's who in music and musicians' directory: (in the classical and light classical fields), edited by David M. Cummings, Psychology Press, 2000, pg. 545-545
  2. ^ Opera buffa in Mozart's Vienna, edited by Mary Kathleen Hunter and James Webster, Cambridge University Press, 1997, pg viii