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Article: Musgrave, Thea
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Musgrave, Thea (1928– )
British composer, whose earlier diatonic compositions were later superseded by her serial music. After a three-year course at Edinburgh University and lessons with Hans Gál, Musgrave studied (1950–54) with Nadia
Boulanger
in Paris. In 1953 she received her first commission,
The Suite o' Bairnsangs
for the Scottish Festival at Braemar; the following year the BBC (Scotland) commissioned
Cantata for a Summer's Day
. The ballet
A Tale for Thieves
and the chamber opera
The Abbot of Drimock
also date from this period. These early works are generally diatonic in style, but by 1960 Musgrave was using serial techniques, as in the trio for flute, ...
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