Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:composer
gptkb:literary_criticism
gptkb:pianist
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1980s
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1910s
gptkbp:birthDate 1892-08-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chingford,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St._Edward's_Churchyard,_Corfe_Castle,_Dorset,_England
gptkbp:deathDate 1988-10-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Corfe_Castle,_Dorset,_England
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Parsi
gptkbp:genre classical music
modernist music
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Leopold_Godowsky
gptkb:Claude_Debussy
gptkb:Maurice_Ravel
gptkb:Alexander_Scriabin
gptkb:Ferruccio_Busoni
gptkb:Alkan
gptkbp:knownFor virtuosic piano writing
lengthy compositions
extremely complex piano music
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Gujarati
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Latin
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Spanish
English
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor allowed performances again in the 1970s
withdrew his music from public performance for decades
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:100_Transcendental_Studies
gptkb:Opus_Clavicembalisticum
gptkb:Piano_Symphony_No._1
gptkb:Piano_Symphony_No._2
gptkb:Piano_Symphony_No._3
gptkb:Sequentia_Cyclica
gptkb:Symphonic_Variations_for_Piano
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Madeleine_Sorabji
gptkb:Shapurji_Sorabji
gptkbp:pseudonym gptkb:Leon_Dudley
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:sexualOrientation gay
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Piano_Sonatas
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji