John Kinsella
Irish composer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Kinsella was an Irish composer and the country's most prolific symphonist during the twentieth century. Life Kinsella was born in Dublin, Irish Free State, the younger brother of the poet and editor Thomas Kinsella. He studied viola at the College of Music in Dublin and took private composition lessons with Éamonn Ó Gallchobhair for a brief period. He developed an early interest in serialism and began to explore many of the techniques evolved by the contemporary European avant-garde. Supported by Gerard Victory and the conductor Hans Waldemar Rosen he had a number of works accepted for performance by RTÉ ensembles, including his first two string quartets , a chamber concerto , Montage for soprano and chamber ensemble, Two Pieces for String Orchestra , and Montage II for orchestra. This group of works culminated in A Selected Life , a large-scale composition based on verses written in memory of the recently deceased Seán Ó Riada by his brother Thomas.
