Michael Tippett
Sir Michael Kemp Tippett (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was an English composer who rose to prominence during and immediately after the Second World War. In his lifetime he was considered to rank with his contemporary Benjamin Britten as one of the leading British composers of the 20th century.
Literature
- by Tippett
- Moving into Aquarius, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1959
- Music of the Angels: essays and sketchbooks of Michael Tippett, London: Eulenburg Books, 1980
- Tippett on Music, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995
- on Tippett
- David Clarke, The Music and Thought of Michael Tippett: Modern Times and Metaphysics, Cambridge University Press, 2001, 2006.
