Gavin Bryars is an English composer and double bassist. He has been active in, or has produced works in, a variety of styles of music, including jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, historicism, experimental music, avant-garde and neoclassicism. Born in Goole, in East Yorkshire, England, Bryars studied philosophy at Sheffield University but became a jazz bassist during his three years as a philosophy student. The first musical work for which he is remembered was his role as bassist in the trio Joseph Holbrooke, alongside guitarist Derek Bailey and drummer Tony Oxley. The trio began by playing relatively traditional jazz before moving into free improvisation. However, Bryars became dissatisfied with this when he saw a young bassist (later revealed to be Johnny Dyani) play in a manner which seemed to him to be artificial, and he became interested in composition instead. Bryars’s first works as a composer owe much to the New York School of John Cage (with whom he briefly studied), Morton Feldman, Earle Brown and minimalism. One of his earliest pieces, The Sinking of the Titanic (1969), is an indeterminist work which allows the performers to take a number of sound sources related to the sinking of the RMS Titanic and make them into a piece of music. Bryars’s later works have included A Man In A Room, Gambling (1992), which was written on commission from BBC Radio 3 and Artangel. Bryars’s music is heard beneath monologues spoken by the Spanish artist Juan Muñoz, who talks about methods of cheating at card games. The ten short works were played on Radio 3 without any introductory announcements, and Bryars is quoted as saying that he hoped they would appear to the listener in a similar way to the shipping forecast, both mysterious and accepted without question. Bryars has written a large number of other works, including four operas, and a number of instrumental pieces, among them three string quartets and several concertos. He has written several pieces for choreographers, including Biped (1999) for Merce Cunningham. Between 1981–1984 he participated in the CIVIL warS, a vast, never-completed multimedia project by Robert Wilson, who also directed his first opera "Medea". He has also written a large body of vocal and choral music for groups such as the Hilliard Ensemble, the Latvian Radio Choir, the Estonian National Men’s Choir, Red Byrd, Trio Mediaeval and has written a great deal for early music performers including 5 books of madrigals and a collection of over 40 "laude". Bryars When Harry Met Addie (a tribute to jazz singer Adelaide Hall and saxophonist Harry Carney) was premiered at the Duke Ellington Memorial Concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 1 May 1999. The piece was performed by the London Sinfonietta Big Band and was commissioned by the baritone saxophonist/bass clarinettist John Surman. Cristina Zavalloni sang the soprano and the London Sinfonietta Big Band was conducted by Diego Masson· Bryars founded the music department at Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University), and taught there for a number of years, but left in 1994 to concentrate on composition and performance. He lives in England, and, for part of the year, on the west coast of Canada.
Purcell arr. Bryars for SATB choir or four solo voices
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder 4 Soli
Music score
Item no.: 793897
for: 9 Klarinetten
Set of parts
Item no.: 727194
for 2 pianos 4 hands
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 756457
for solo cello
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 750606
Chamber Opera
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 731832
Chamber Opera
Study score
Item no.: 731835
for mixed choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 729119
for solo piano, male choir (TTBB, 18 voices) and orchestra
for: Klavier, Männerchor (TTBB, 18 Singstimmen) und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 755153
"In particular the cottage itself"
for: Mixed choir (SATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 748901
for male choir
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 743585
for four voices (ATTB) and string orchestra
for: 4 Singstimmen (ATTB) und Streichorchester
Study score
Item no.: 755252
Choral Music of Our Time
for: Sopran, Tenor, Bass und Laute
Ensemble score
Item no.: 750216
for male choir
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 784028
for SATB choir, organ and obligato violin
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Orgel und Violine
Choir score
Item no.: 784024
for mixed choir a capella
for: gemischter Chor a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 755222
for tenor and piano
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score
Item no.: 755225
for male choir
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 783417
for recorder sextet
for: 6 Blockflöten (AATTBB)
Score
Item no.: 750600
for electric guitar, 2 violas and cello
for: Elektro-Gitarre, 2 Violen und Violoncello
Score
Item no.: 793885
for saxophone quartet
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 725306
arranged for double bass choir
for: Kontrabass Ensemble (minimum 8 Spieler)
Einzelstimme Kontrabass 2
Item no.: 784789
("Farewell to St. Petersburg")
for: Kontrabass solo, Männerchor (B) ad libitum und Kammerorchester
Study score
Item no.: 781878
for bass clarinet, electric guitar and cello
for: Bass-Klarinette, Elektro-Gitarre und Violoncello
Spielpartitur jeder Spieler benötigt 1 Exemplar
Item no.: 756721
for 2 guitars (1 player) or multiples of this
for: 2 Gitarren (1 Spieler) oder mehr (jeweils 1 Spieler mit 2 Gitarren, z.B. 4 Gitarren, 2 Spieler oder 6 Gitarren, 3 Spieler etc.)
Music score
Item no.: 729427
arranged for double bass choir
for: Kontrabass Ensemble (minimum 8 Spielern)
Score
Item no.: 793062
arranged for solo double bass
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 740455
for voices and instruments
for: Voices, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 736114
for mixed choir (SAATTBB) and lightly amplified double bass
for: gemischter Chor (SAATTBB) und leicht verstärkten Kontrabass (sempre pizz.)
Chorstimme mit Klavierauszug, nur zu Probezwecken
Item no.: 738925
A Homage to Deagan for percussion ensemble
for: Schlagwerk-Quintett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 760718
for soprano saxophone or clarinet and ensemble
for: Sopran-Saxophon oder Klarinette und Percussion, Klavier, Elektro-Gitarre, Violine und Kontrabass
Study score
Item no.: 782325
(after Demantius)
for: Voice (bass)
Music score
Item no.: 734542
Choral Music of Our Time
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur inkl. Klavierstimme für Probezwecke
Item no.: 750236
for tenor and bass recorder
for: Tenor- und Bass-Blockflöte
Music score
Item no.: 755231
for three female voices or female choir
for: 3 Frauenstimmen (SSMez) oder Frauenchor
Score
Item no.: 726478
for soprano saxophone or clarinet and piano trio
for: Sopran-Saxophon/Klarinette in B, Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 750293
for chorus (SATB), harmonium and piano
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Harmonium und Klavier
Score
Item no.: 755233
for cello and piano
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750283
for female choir
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 783579
for electric guitar, viola, cello and double bass
for: Elektro-Gitarre, Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabass
Score, Parts
Item no.: 755261
(after Dowland)
for: Violen-Ensemble und Laute
Score, Parts
Item no.: 733129
for voices and instruments
for: Voices, instruments
Score
Item no.: 755257
for six voices
for: gemischter Chor (SSATTBar)
Music score
Item no.: 750262
Fourth Book of Madrigals No. 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733148
for male choir
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 755234
"Farewell to St. Petersburg"
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 750292
for viol consort (5 players)
for: Gamben-Ensemble (Sopran, 2 Tenöre und 2 Bässe)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 792444
for chorus and orchestra
for: Choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 747683
arranged for double bass choir
for: Kontrabass Ensemble (minimum 8 Spielern)
Einzelstimme Kontrabass 5
Item no.: 758472
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