Jonathan Harvey dies aged 73

'We have lost a hugely important figure in classical music,' says Proms director as British composer succumbs to illnessBritish composer Jonathan Harvey has died aged 73, it was announced today. His publisher, Faber Music, confirmed that Harvey, who had been suffering from motor neurone disease for some time, died peacefully in a hospice in Sussex on Tuesday evening.Harvey has been composing since the 1960s, during which period he was a prominent disciple of Karlheinz Stockhausen, whose experime...

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