Michael Nyman Michael Nyman (born March 23, 1944) is a British minimalist composer, pianist, librettist and musicologist, perhaps best known for the many scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the British filmmaker Peter Greenaway. Nyman studied composit (Read all the biography)
Composed by Michael Nyman. For solo piano. From the motion picture "The Piano". Format: piano solo songbook. With fingerings, black and white photos and introductory text. Movies and 20th century. 32 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Chester Music.
Performed by Michael Nyman. For solo piano. Format: piano solo songbook. With fingerings and introductory text. Movies and 20th century. 24 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Chester Music.
By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Edited by Michael Nyman. For 2 violins, cello, strings and basso continuo. This edition: ETP 267. Scores. Eulenburg Taschenpartituren (Pocket Scores). Study score. 44 pages. Duration 19 minutes. Published by Schott Music
Nyman is one of the most commercially successful composers of the 20th century and his music has struck a chord with audiences the world over. His award-winning scores have graced countless significant films including The Piano, Detroit: Ruin Of A City and Gattaca.
Six original compositions for solo piano, by Michael Nyman, from the award winning film by Jane Campion.
English composer Michael Nyman has developed into one of the most popular, if not important, composers of film music, and his film score for the 1992 film the Piano is…
Available for the first time for solo piano, here are four fabulous arrangements from the motion-picture soundtrack of The Piano plus the two favourite themes from the award-winning film by Jane Campion. This is another wonderfully presented edition with stills from the film, an …
For violin, cello and piano'The title 'Time Will Pronounce'is taken from the last lines of Joseph Brodsky’s poem 'Bosnia Tune' which deals with the horror of the unnecessary, unacceptable daily deaths in Bosnia during 1992 (and still in 1993): ‘Time, whose sharp blood-thirsty qui…
For violin, cello and piano'The title 'Time Will Pronounce'is taken from the last lines of Joseph Brodsky’s poem 'Bosnia Tune' which deals with the horror of the unnecessary, unacceptable daily deaths in Bosnia during 1992 (and still in 1993): ‘Time, whose sharp blood-thirsty qui…
A selection of pieces and arrangements by Michael Nyman of his best-known film music. Including music from The Draughtsman's Contract, Drowning By Numbers, Carrington and The Piano.
Original compositions for solo piano from the award winning film by Jane Campion.
Big My Secret - The Mood That Passes Through You - Silver-Fingered Fling - Deep Sleep Playing - The Attraction Of The Pedalling Ankle - The Heart Asks Pleasure First The Promise / The Sacrifice)
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5 movements derived from the score I wrote for the Michael Nyman Band in early 2009 as a soundtrack to the film 'Poczatek'. For this project , I selected extracts from classic Polish feature and document…
Set of Parts for Nyman's 'In Re Don Giovanni' for amplified string quartet. The arrangement for string quartet was made at the request of Alexander Balanescu for the Bicentenary of Mozart's death in 1991. It was first performed by the Balanescu Quartet at the Queen Elizabeth Hall…
Yamamoto Perpetuo was written by Michael Nyman for solo Violin in 1993 to a commission by fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto for his show that year in Paris. Following its success, Nyman added a second Violin, Viola and Cello to the solo line and turned it into his String Quartet No…
Sixteen songs and seven arias for high voice and Piano, composed over a fifteen-year period from 1989 to 2004, with texts in English, French, German and translations from German, Portuguese and Russian.
Texts from the Bible, Shakespeare, Mozart, Rimbaud, Fernando Pessoa…
Retrouvez 16 chansons et 7 arias pour Soprano et Piano, composés sur une période de 15 ans entre 1989 et 2004, avec tous les textes en Anglais, Français, Allemand et leurs traductions Portugaises et Russes.
Des textes issus de la Bible, de Shakespeare, Mozart, Rimbaud, Fernando …
String Quartet No.1 is dedicated to the memory of Thurston Dart. It was commissioned by the Arditti Quartet and first performed by them on 23 September 1985, Warsaw / String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola, Cello) / [ Quatuor à cordes n° 1 ] / 48
String Quartet No.2 was commissioned by Shobana Jeyasingh as a solo dance work : Miniatures. It was first performed by her with the Balanescu Quartet on 15 September 1988, London / String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola, Cello) / [ Quatuor à cordes n° 2 ] / 48
A transcription of a work for small orchestra (the score for Peter Greenaway's film A Zed & Two Noughts) scored for solo violin. Composed and first performed in Paris in 1986 / Violin Solo / 16 / Edited by Alexander Balanescu
String Quartet No.3 was written for, and first performed by the Balanescu Quartet, February 1990 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London / String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola, Cello) / [ Quatuor à cordes n° 3 ] / 24
Score for this piece, which was comissioned by London Brass and first performed in 1992 / Brass Ensemble / 32 / Parts are available on hire or special order
First performed on 27 October 1986 / Voices (Soprano, Tenor, Baritone), Chamber Ensemble (Harp, Piano, 2 Violins, Viola, 2 Cellos) / English / 200pp / A vocal score is available for purchase, performance material is available for hire / Libretto by Oliver Sacks, Christopher …
Michael Nyman Sheet music books 
