| 单词 | manchester school |
| 释义 | > as lemmasManchester school Manchester school n. now historical a group of liberal politicians and their followers led by Richard Cobden and John Bright, influential c1840–60, which met (originally in Manchester) to advocate free trade and the reduction of state intervention in commerce and industry.extracted from Manchestern.Manchester school c. attributive. Music. Of or relating to a group of composers, including Harrison Birtwistle (b. 1934), Alexander Goehr (b. 1932), and Peter Maxwell Davies (b. 1934), who studied together at the Royal Manchester College of Music in the 1950s and were noted for their interest in avant-garde European music. Chiefly in Manchester school. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [noun] > groups of composers the three B's1909 Les Six1927 Manchester school1974 1956 Musical Times Mar. 149/3 The I.C.A. was responsible for bringing to London a group of active and talented Manchester musicians—the New Music Manchester Group—and presenting them at the Arts Council on 9 Jan. 1974 Country Life 4 Apr. 790/1 Composers go their own way, as in the case of the so-called ‘Manchester School’ which includes Goehr, Maxwell Davies and Birtwistle. 1983 New Oxf. Compan. Music I. 221 [Birtwistle's] early works..show the intricate serial textures and the Medievalisms characteristic of the ‘Manchester School’. 1992 Independent (Nexis) 1 May 14 He..could assume a natural authority on any subject, from serialism in the Manchester school of composers in the 1950s, to the constitution of the Labour Party. < as lemmas |
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