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Michael Nyman

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Born
23 March 1944 (age 80)
Born In
Stratford, Newham, London, England, United Kingdom
Michael Nyman (born March 23, 1944) is a British composer, , librettist and , perhaps best known for the many scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the British filmmaker Peter Greenaway. Nyman, who had studied with the noted music scholar Thurston Dart at King's College London, drew frequently on early music sources in his scores for Greenaway's films: Henry Purcell in The Draughtsman's Contract and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber in A Zed and Two Noughts, Mozart in Dro… read more
Michael Nyman (born March 23, 1944) is a British composer, , librettist and , perhaps best known for the many scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the British filmmaker Peter Greenaway. Nyman, who had studied with the noted music scholar … read more
Michael Nyman (born March 23, 1944) is a British composer, , librettist and , perhaps best known for the many scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the British filmmaker Peter Greenaway. Nyman, who had studied with the noted music scholar Thurston Dart at King's College London, drew frequently on early mu… read more

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1 Play track The Piano The Heart Asks Pleasure First
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 629 listeners
2 Play track The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise - Edit The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise - Edit
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 263 listeners
3 Play track The Piano The Promise
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 201 listeners
4 Play track Gattaca The Departure
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 164 listeners
5 Play track Classic Cinema The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First
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6 Play track The Piano Big My Secret
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7 Play track Drowning By Numbers Fish Beach
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8 Play track The Piano The Sacrifice
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9 Play track A Zed and Two Noughts Time Lapse
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10 Play track The Piano Here To There
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Albums

  1. 259,769 listeners

    8 Dec 1993 · 19 tracks

    The Piano
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  2. 214,304 listeners

    1993 · 20 tracks

    The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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  3. 66,593 listeners

    21 Oct 1997 · 24 tracks

    Gattaca
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  4. 34,110 listeners

    1 Jan 2014 · 25 tracks

    Chasing Pianos - The Piano Music Of Michael Nyman
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