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The piece is based on a painting by 16th Century Flemish artist, Pieter Bruegel, which depicts time riding in a cart surrounded by skeletons. In 1972, The Triumph of Time was commissioned and first performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. His compositional output is made up of seven operas and 10 instrumental works.

This work, along with Verses For Ensembles and The Triumph Of Time, helped launch him as a prominent name in British music.įrom 1975 to 1983, he served as musical director of the Royal National Theatre in London, composing throughout his time there. He was later awarded a scholarship at Princeton University where he studied composition and wrote the opera Punch And Judy. The internationally acclaimed composer passed away earlier this week at his home in Mere, Wiltshire, confirmed by his publisher Boosey & Hawkes and agency Rayfield Allied.īirtwistle was born in 1934 in Accrington, Lancashire, and studied composition and clarinet at the Royal Manchester College of Music, where he met contemporaries including Peter Maxwell Davies, Alexander Goehr, John Ogdon, and Elgar Howarth.