Barry Anderson (composer)

Michael Barrie Gordon Anderson (22 February 1935 – 27 May 1987), known as Barry Anderson, Biography Anderson was born in Stratford, New Zealand, in 1935. His father was a civil engineer and his mother played the piano as an amateur to a high level. Anderson learned the piano and performed in New Zealand. In 1971, he began to work full-time at the South Bank Institute (later part of Morley College). Recordings * Mask, Songs Penyeach, Sound the Tucket Sonance and the Note to Mount, Colla Voce (Continuum, CCD 1008, 1989) * Electroacoustic Fanfare, ARC, Piano Piece No.1, Piano Piece No.2, Piano Piece No.3, Domingus (Continuum, CCD 1009, 1989) * The Mask of Orpheus (with Harrirson Birtwistle) electronic music (NMC Recordings, NMCD050, 1998) Works Anderson completed around 20 works. *Maui (1959-64) full-length opera based on Polynesian legends of the Pacific *Sound Frames (1964-66) for instrumental ensemble (10 players) *Songs Penyeach (1971) for mezzo-soprano, amplified violin, bass clarinet, and percussion * Piano Pieces 1,2,3 (1969-74) for piano, tape mix, and sine tone ring modulation *Topograph (1973) for 3 percussion groups, filters, and ring modulators *Synt Axis-Mix (1973) The Me