Thea Musgrave, The 90-Year-Old Composer With 80 Players In The Bullpen
The Scottish-born musician, still busy writing music, celebrates her 90th birthday on May 27.
by Naomi Lewin
May 25, 2018
3 minutes
Don't call Thea Musgrave a "woman composer."
"When I'm composing, I'm a human being," she insists. "It's not a question of sexuality."
Musgrave's music has been performed by many of the world's top orchestras, in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and London. Her operas have received premieres by the New York City Opera and the Edinburgh Festival. Musgrave was born in Scotland 90 years ago on May 27, 1928 and she's still composing. A concert on
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