DICKINSON, Peter
b Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, 15 November 1934
He was an organ scholar at Queens' College, Cambridge and in 1958 was given a scholarship to the Juillard School. He worked as a pianist with the New York City Ballet, and as a critic and lecturer. From 1962 to 1970 he held various lectureships in London and Birmingham, finally resigning to work freelance. In 1974 he was made the first professor of music at Keele University.
1958 (25)
String Quartet No 1 (revised 1974)
1959 (26)
Three Juillard Dances, for instrumental ensemble
Variations, ballet
Vitalitas, ballet
Monologue for strings
1963 (30)
Motets
1965 (32)
The Judas Tree, for actors, singers and ensemble
1966 (33)
Martin of Tours, for chorus, soloists and organ
Elegy, for counter-tenor, harpsichord and cellos
1967 (34)
The Dry Heart, for chorus
Fanfares and Elegies, for six brass and organ
Paraphrase I, for organ
Paraphrase n, for piano
1968 (35)
Outcry, for alto, chorus and strings
1969 (36)
Five Diversions, for orchestra
1970 (37)
Transformations, for orchestra
1971 (38)
Winter Afternoons, for six solo voices and double-bass
Organ Concerto
Concerto for strings, percussion and electric organ
Translations, for recorder, viola da gamba and harpsichord
1972-83 (39-50)
Suite for the Centenary of Lord Berners, for clavichord
1973 (40)
Hymns, Blues and Improvisations, for piano quintet and tape
1974 (41)
Lust, for six solo voices
1975 (42)
Late Afternoon in November, for sixteen solo voices
String Quartet No 2 with tape and piano
1976 (43)
Solo, for baryton, tape and viola da gamba
Surrealist Landscape, for mezzo
1977 (44)
Aria for horn, oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Four Auden Songs, for soprano or tenor and piano
A Memory of David Munrow, for two counter-tenors, two recorders,
viola da gamba and harpsichord
Schubert in Blue, for mezzo and piano
1978 (45)
Four Duos for flute or oboe and cello
Reminiscences, for mezzo, sax and piano 1
979 (46)
A Birthday Surprise, for orchestra
1982 (49)
The Unicorns, for soprano and brass band
1984 (51)
Piano Concerto
Peter Dickinson has also written many songs.