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Biografía de Michael Tippett

Michael Tippett

Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM (Londres, 2 de enero de 1905 – 8 de enero de 1998), fue un compositor británico de música clásica.

Tippett nació en Londres de linaje inglés y de Cornualles. Su madre fue una trabajadora de caridad y una sufragista, y era primo de la líder sufragista Charlotte Despard. Aunque disfrutó de su infancia, después de perder su negocio hotelero en el sur de Francia, sus padres decidieron viajar y vivir en el contienente y Michael y su hermano acudieron a escuelas como internos en Inglaterra.

Por entonces, Tippett obtuvo una beca y estudió en el Fettes College, Edimburgo, pero pronto se trasladó a Stamford (Lincolnshire), en cuya escuela estudió, después de alguna experiencia personal extremadamente desgraciada. Esto, combinado con el descubrimiento de su homosexualidad, contribuyó a hacer que los años de adolescencia y juventud de Tippett fueran solitarios y bastante estresantes. Aunque era abierto sobre su orientación sexual, parece que...

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1 A Child of Our Time: Nos. 22-24. The Boy Sings In His Prison, My Dreams Are All Shattered - the Dark Forces Rise Like a Flood A Child of Our Time: Nos. 22-24. The Boy Sings In His Prison, My Dreams Are All Shattered - the Dark Forces Rise Like a Flood
2 A Child of our Time, Part I: Is evil then good? (Alto, Chorus) A Child of our Time, Part I: Is evil then good? (Alto, Chorus)
3 A Child of our Time, Part I: I have no money for my bread (Tenor) A Child of our Time, Part I: I have no money for my bread (Tenor)
4 A Child of our Time, Part I: How can I cherish my man in such days...? (Soprano) A Child of our Time, Part I: How can I cherish my man in such days...? (Soprano)
5 A Child of our Time, Part I: A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus) A Child of our Time, Part I: A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
6 A Child of our Time, Part II: A star rises in mid-winter (Chorus) A Child of our Time, Part II: A star rises in mid-winter (Chorus)
7 A Child of our Time, Part II: Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted. Away with them! (Chorus) A Child of our Time, Part II: Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted. Away with them! (Chorus)
8 A Child of our Time, Part II: Chorus of the Self-righteous. We cannot have them in our Empire (Chorus) A Child of our Time, Part II: Chorus of the Self-righteous. We cannot have them in our Empire (Chorus)
9 A Child of our Time, Part II: The Narrator. And the boy's mother wrote a letter... (Bass) A Child of our Time, Part II: The Narrator. And the boy's mother wrote a letter... (Bass)
10 A Child of our Time, Part II: The Mother, The Uncle and Aunt, And the Boy. O my son! (Soloists) A Child of our Time, Part II: The Mother, The Uncle and Aunt, And the Boy. O my son! (Soloists)
11 A Child of Our Time: Nos. 17-20. Scene, the Boy Becomes Desperate In His Agony - Men Were Ashamed of What Was Done A Child of Our Time: Nos. 17-20. Scene, the Boy Becomes Desperate In His Agony - Men Were Ashamed of What Was Done
12 A Child of our Time, Part I: The world turns on its dark side (Chorus) A Child of our Time, Part I: The world turns on its dark side (Chorus)
13 A Child of our Time, Part I: The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto) A Child of our Time, Part I: The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto)
14 A Child of our Time, Part I: Interludium A Child of our Time, Part I: Interludium
15 A Child of our Time, Part I: The Narrator. Now in each nation there were some cast out... (Bass) A Child of our Time, Part I: The Narrator. Now in each nation there were some cast out... (Bass)
16 A Child of our Time, Part I: Chorus of the Oppressed. When shall the usurer's city cease? (Chorus) A Child of our Time, Part I: Chorus of the Oppressed. When shall the usurer's city cease? (Chorus)
17 A Child of our Time, Part II: The Narrator. And a time came... (Bass) A Child of our Time, Part II: The Narrator. And a time came... (Bass)
18 A Child of our Time, Part II: The Narrator. Where they could, they fled from the terror (Bass) A Child of our Time, Part II: The Narrator. Where they could, they fled from the terror (Bass)
19 A Child of our Time, Part II: A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus) A Child of our Time, Part II: A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
20 A Child of our Time, Part II: The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Alto, Bass) A Child of our Time, Part II: The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Alto, Bass)

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