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Cresswell, Lyell, 1944-2022

Born Wellington, New Zealand

Lives in Edinburgh, Scotland where he is a freelance composer.

  • Lyell Cresswell 
  • Lyell Cresswell (Wikipedia)
Nationality:
New Zealand

Works

"The Blackness of Darkness"
Acquerello for solo pianoforte
Brass sextet
Chiaroscura for solo pianoforte
Inventions
Prayer for the Cure of a Sprained Back (1979)
Six Poems by Amy Lowell
String Quartet no. 3 (a and/or b)
The Silver Pipes of Ur for wind quintet
The Urim and the Thummim (1986)
Variations on a theme of Charles Ives
Variations on General Reid's March of the 42nd or Old Highland Regiment: 'In the garb of old Gaul'
Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue for solo pianoforte

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