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Robin Holloway

(b. Leamington Spa, 19 Oct 1943),

English composer. He studied with Goehr (from 1960) and at Cambridge, where in 1974 he was appointed lecturer. His large output covers many genres (including numerous songs) and shows a remarkable command of diverse styles: some pieces lovingly reinterpret Romanticism (Scenes from Schumann for orchestra,1970); others are strikingly positive in their modernism (The Rivers of Hell for chamber ensemble,1977). His first opera, Clarissa, a study of rape, was given by the ENO in London in 1990.