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The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time.

Michael Tippett

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Michael Tippett
Age: 93 †
Born: 1905
Born: January 2
Died: 1998
Died: January 9
Autobiographer
Classical Composer
Composer
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Hillingdon
Sir Michael Kemp Tippett
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