# Harrison Birtwistle

> English composer (1934–2022)

**Wikidata**: [Q354335](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q354335)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Birtwistle)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/harrison-birtwistle


## References

1. [Source](https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2022/04/19/le-compositeur-britannique-harrison-birtwistle-est-mort-a-87-ans_6122706_3382.html)
2. [Source](https://www.boosey.com/cr/news/Sir-Harrison-Birtwistle-dies-aged-87/101927)
3. BnF authorities
4. Integrated Authority File
5. LIBRIS. 2012
6. Who's Who
7. Komponisten-Porträts: Bilder und Daten
8. Czech National Authority Database
9. [Source](https://wihuriprizes.fi/wihuri-sibelius-prize/?lang=en)
10. [Source](https://www.evs-musikstiftung.ch/en/prize/prize/archive/prize-winner-archive.html)
11. [Royal Philharmonic Society Website](https://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps_music_awards/winners-to-date/chamber-scale-composition)
12. [Royal Philharmonic Society Website](https://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps_music_awards/winners-to-date/large-scale-composition)
13. International Standard Name Identifier
14. MusicBrainz
15. Virtual International Authority File
16. CiNii Research
17. IMDb
18. SNAC
19. Internet Broadway Database
20. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
21. Discogs
22. Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
23. [Sir Harrison Birtwistle obituary](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/18/sir-harrison-birtwistle-obituary)
24. [Sir Harrison Birtwistle, avant-garde composer who became the grand old man of British classical music – obituary. The Daily Telegraph. 2022](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/04/18/sir-harrison-birtwistle-avant-garde-composer-became-grand-old/)
25. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
26. BBC Things
27. The LiederNet Archive
28. performing-arts.ch