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Michael Finnissy is an English composer and pianist born in Tulse Hill, London in 1946.

His music is known for its complexity, and he is often cited as a main member of the so-called New Complexity school, though he does not like the term.

Finnissy is also noted for his excellent musical handwriting.

Orchestral Music

Eph-phatha (1989) 2.1.1.1-1.1.1.0-perc-hp-pno-str 13'
Glad Day (1994) 2(or recorders).0.0.0-0.2.0.0-hp(or theorbo)-chamber organ-str (min 4.4.2.2(or bass violins).0) 13'
Plain Harmony (1993) unspecified orchestral ensemble 12'
Red Earth (1988) 3(III=picc).3.0.3-0.3.3.0-2didjeridus-4perc.2timp-2hp-str (min 10.10.8.6.7) 19'
Speak its Name! (1996) 2.2.2.2-2.2.1.0-2vibraphones.timp-harp-¼ tone keyboard-strings (min 8.8.6.6.3) 22'

Chamber and Instrumental Music

Bright Future ignoring Dark Past (2000) violin, cello, piano 3'30"
Ének (1990) solo violin 9'
Greatest Hits of all time (2003) oboe solo, picc.cl-pno-1perc-vla.vlc.cb 13'
In stiller nacht (1990, rev. 1997) Independence Quadrilles (1995) violin, cello, and piano 7' & 5'
Kulamen Dilan (1990) soprano saxophone and percussion 10'
Mars + Venus (1993) fl.ob.cl.bn-hn.tpt.tbn-perc-pno-2vn.va.vc.cb 15'
Molly-House (2004) unspecified instrumental ensemble (players choose from a set of conventionally, and partially, notated parts alongside 17 'transcribed' Handel arias) variable duration
Nowhere else to go (1989, rev. 2003) fl(+picc).cl(+bcl)-pno-vn.vc-tape 30'
Obrecht Motetten I (1989) fl.cl.bn-tpt.tbn-perc-vn.va.vc 5'
Obrecht Motetten II (1989) mandolin, guitar, and harp 10'
Obrecht Motetten III (1989-93) viola solo or viola with ensemble: fl.cl.bn-2tpt.tbn-mandolin.gtr-hp 5'
Obrecht Motetten IV (1990) brass quintet 14'
Obrecht Motetten V (1992) fl(+picc).3ssax-hn.3tpt.3tbn-pno-cb 18'
Plain Harmony (1993) string quartet 8'
Post-Christian Survival Kit (2005) unspecified instruments or instrumental components, unspecified percussion, physical actions which inadvertently produce a sound c. 10'
Recent Britain (1998) clarinet, bassoon, cello, and piano 25' on sale 0-19-356450-5
Seterjentens fridag (2003) hardanger fiddle or violin (either solo or with accompaniment for reed organ and piano, or either one (live or pre-recorded) and instrumental quartet) 7'
Traum des Sängers (1994) clarinet, guitar, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello, and double bass 13'
Two Scenes from "Shameful Vice" (1995) solo harp 6' not yet published
Various Nations (1992) narrator and chamber ensemble: fl(+picc).cl-hn-perc-gtr-vn.vc 10'
WAM (1991) piano and two unspecified treble instruments 15'

Keyboard Music

Collected Shorter Piano Pieces Volume 1 solo piano Mazurka Op 142 No 2 - Two Pasodobles - Autumnall - Freightrain Bruise - Kemp’s Morris - Short but... - GFH - BS - Taja - Lylyly li - Pimmel - Strauss-Walzer
Collected Shorter Piano Pieces Volume 2 solo piano Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man - Romeo and Juliet are Drowning - Mazurka Op 142 No 1- Vieux Noël - Svatovac - Terekkeme - Australian Sea Shanties (Second Set) - William Billings - Liz - Rossini - John Cage - There never was such hard times before - Wenn wir in höchsten Nöthen sind - Cibavit eos - Cozy Fanny’s Tootsies - My love is like a red, red, rose - De toutes flours - How Dear to Me - Stanley Stokes, East Street 1836 – Note on Stanley Stokes - Sometimes I... – French Piano - New Perspectives on Old Complexity - ...desde que naçe... – Yvaroperas 1-4
Folklore (1993-4) solo piano I: 12', II: 25', III: 20', IV: 16'
Gershwin Arrangements (1975-88) based on melodies by George Gershwin solo piano How long has this been going on? - Things are looking up - A foggy day in London town - Love is here to stay - They can’t take that away from me - Shall we dance? - They’re writing songs of love, but not for me - Fidgety feet - Embraceable you - Waiting for the sun to come out - Innocent ingenue baby - Blah, blah, blah - Boy wanted score on sale 0-19-372639-4 for copyright reasons, this score is not available for sale or performance in the USA
The History of Photography in Sound (1995-2001)
*1. Le démon de l'analogie 25' 2. Le réveil de l'intraitable réalité 15' 3. North American Spirituals 20' 4. My parents' generation thought War meant something 40' 5. Alkan - Paganini 12' 6. Seventeen Immortal Homosexual Poets 40' 7. Eadweard Muybridge - Edvard Munch 25' 8. Kapitalistisch Realisme (met Sizilianische Männerakte en Bachsche Nachdichtungen) 75' 9. Wachtend op de volgende uitbarsting van repressie en censuur 12' 10. Unsere Afrikareise 30' 11. Etched bright with sunlight 25' piano solo c. 320'
Tangos (1962-99) a collection of 23 short pieces solo piano 25 minutes
Wee Saw Footprints (1990) nine short easy teaching pieces with a supplement solo piano 15'

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