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John McCabe CBE (born 1939) is a British composer and pianist.

He had written 13 symphonies by the age of 11, and later studied at Manchester University and the Royal Manchester College of Music. He first became known as a pianist, playing Bax, Corigliano, Haydn, Hindemith, Rawsthorne and Webern.

As a composer, he first gained attention with the orchestral song cycle Notturni ed Alba (1970). He has written five acknowledged symphonies (1965-2000), a number of ballets, string quartets and solo instrumental music (particularly for the piano). However, it is for his concerti that he is perhaps best known. He has written four for his own instrument, the piano (1966-76), and three for one or two violins (1959, 1980, 2003) as well as one each for viola (1962), harpsichord (1968), oboe d'amore (1972), clarinet (1977), orchestra (1982), trumpet (1987) and flute (1990), and double concertos for viola and cello (1965) and clarinet and oboe (1988).

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