Buller, John (1927– )

English composer. From 1959 he studied with Anthony Milner and in the 1970s produced a series of works based on James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake. The opera Bakxai (after Euripides) was premiered by English National Opera in 1992.

Works Opera Bakxai (1992).

Orchestral The Theatre of Memory (1981), Bacchae Metres (1993).

Instrumental The Cave for flute, clarinet, trombone, cello, and tape (1970), Le terrazze for 14 instruments and tape (1974), Familiar, string quartet (1974), Towards Aquarius for ensemble (1983), Mr Purcell's Maggot (1994).

Vocal and instrumental two Night Pieces from Finnegan's Wake for soprano, clarinet, flute, piano, and cello (1971), Finnegan's Floras for chorus, percussion, and piano (1972), Kommos for chorus, soloists, and electronics (1981), Of Three Shakespeare Sonnets for mezzo and ensemble (1983).