Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
Sir Michael Tippett
Born: January 2nd, 1905
Died: January 8th, 1998
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Upcoming:
Ritual Dances
Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth
February 24th, 2012 | Rudolf-Oetker-Halle - Bielefeld - Germany
Ritual Dances
Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth
February 26th, 2012 | Rudolf-Oetker-Halle - Bielefeld - Germany
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Chronology
1905
Michael Kemp Tippett born on 2 January in Pimlico, London. Later moves to Suffolk.
1909
Begins piano lessons
1914-1920
Educated in Dorset, Edinburgh and Lincolnshire.
1922
Expelled from school; continues piano studies; teaches himself composition
1923-1928
Enters the Royal College of Music to study composition with Charles Wood then CH Kitson, piano with Aubin Raymar and conducting with Malcolm Sargent then Adrian Boult;
1929
Moves to Oxted, Surrey. Teaches French and conducts local amateur groups. Meets Evelyn Maude, an amateur cellist who was to become a lifelong friend and confidante.
1930
Returns to the RCM for further studies in composition with R.O. Morris; has private tuition in orchestration from Gordon Jacob; begins friendship with David Ayerst, who introduces him to left-wing politics
1932
meets WH Auden and TS Elliot.
1933
Joins teaching staff at Morley College, London
1935
briefly joins Communist Party but leaves within a few months. His political views strengthen.
1935
première of String Quartet No. I in London
1937
Begins friendship with Eliot
1938
première of Fantasy Sonata (later Piano Sonata No. 1) in London
1939
Signs with Schott
1940
becomes Director of Music at Morley College, London;
1940
première of Concerto for Double String Orchestra
1942
meets Benjamin Britten
1943
première of String Quartet No. 2;
1943
sentenced to three months’ imprisonment as a conscientious objector
1944
première of A Child of Our Time in London
1945
Close friend Francesca Allinson commits suicide
1945
première of Symphony No. 1
1949-61
sits on the Music Advisory Committee of the British Council
1951
resigns from Morley College
1951
moves to Wadhurst, Sussex
1953
première of Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
1955
première of The Midsummer Marriage at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
1957
begins long relationship with Karl Hawker
1958
première of Symphony No. 2
1958
publishes Moving into Aquarius, a collection of talks and essays
1959
Made a CBE
1960
Moves to Corsham, Wiltshire
1962
première of King Priam at Coventry Cathedral
1965
begins long association with the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra
1965
first of many visits to the USA
1966
première of The Vision of St. Augustine
1966
receives knighthood
1969-1974
artistic director of the Bath Festival
1970
eyesight begins to degenerate
1972
première of Symphony No. 3 in London (22 June)
1973
elected an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
1974
relationship with Hawker ends; he begins an open relationship with Meirion Bowen
1975
visits Africa for the first time
1976
awarded gold medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society
1977
première of The Ice Break and Symphony No. 4
1978
visits Australia and Far East
1978
elected a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1979
première of String Quartet No. 4
1979
becomes a Companion of Honour
1979
sets up the Michael Tippett Musical Foundation, a charitable trust
1983
awarded Order of Merit
1984
première of The Mask of Time
1984
Hawker commits suicide
1985
première of Piano Sonata No. 4
1987
diagnosed with cancer
1989
première of New Year in Houston
1991
première of Byzantium
1991
publishes his autobiography, Those Twentieth Century Blues
1995
première of The Rose Lake
1996
moves to Isleworth, London
1996
suffers a stroke
1998
dies on 8 January
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