Michael Nyman Band
The Michael Nyman Band, formerly known as the Campiello Band, is a group formed as a street band for a 1976 production of Carlo Goldoni's 1756 play, Il Campiello directed by Bill Bryden at the Old Vic. The band did not wish to break up after the production ended, so its director, Michael Nyman, began composing music for the group to perform, beginning with "In Re Don Giovanni", written in 1977. Originally made up of old instruments such as rebecs, sackbuts and shawms alongside more modern instruments like the banjo and saxophone to produce as loud a sound as possible without amplification, it later switched to a fully amplified line-up of string quartet, double bass, clarinet, three saxophones, horn, trumpet, bass trombone, bass guitar, and piano. This line up has been variously altered an
Wikipage redirect
primaryTopic
Michael Nyman Band
The Michael Nyman Band, formerly known as the Campiello Band, is a group formed as a street band for a 1976 production of Carlo Goldoni's 1756 play, Il Campiello directed by Bill Bryden at the Old Vic. The band did not wish to break up after the production ended, so its director, Michael Nyman, began composing music for the group to perform, beginning with "In Re Don Giovanni", written in 1977. Originally made up of old instruments such as rebecs, sackbuts and shawms alongside more modern instruments like the banjo and saxophone to produce as loud a sound as possible without amplification, it later switched to a fully amplified line-up of string quartet, double bass, clarinet, three saxophones, horn, trumpet, bass trombone, bass guitar, and piano. This line up has been variously altered an
has abstract
The Michael Nyman Band, former ...... performances of Nyman's music.
@en
active years start year
alias
Campiello Band
@en
associated musical artist
background
classical_ensemble
band member
former band member
record label
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
684,387,367
Caption
David Roach, Tony Hinnigan, An ...... , Kate Musker, and Nigel Barr.
photograph of the band taken by the band's bass guitarist, Martin Elliott
origin
London, England
hypernym
comment
The Michael Nyman Band, former ...... has been variously altered an
@en
label
Michael Nyman Band
@en
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
The Michael Nyman Band
@en