Burt, Francis (1926– )

English composer. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and with Boris Blacher in Berlin, Germany. He was resident in Vienna, Austria, from 1957 and was professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik from 1973.

Works Opera Volpone (1960), Barnstaple, or Someone in the Attic (1969).

Ballet The Golem (1962).

Orchestral Iambics (1953), Espressione orchestrale (1959), Fantasmagoria (1963), Morgana (1986).

Vocal Und Gott der Herr sprach, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra (1983).

Chamber string quartet (1953); Echoes for flute and ensemble (1989).