Shapurji Sorabji

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf composer
literary criticism
pianist
gptkbp:activeYears 1910s–1980s
gptkbp:birthDate 1892-08-14
gptkbp:birthName Leonard Stanley S. Abraham
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chingford,_England
gptkbp:deathDate 1988-10-15
gptkbp:deathPlace Winchelsea, England
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Parsi
gptkbp:genre classical music
modernist music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shapurji Sorabji
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Claude_Debussy
gptkb:Maurice_Ravel
gptkb:Alexander_Scriabin
gptkb:Kaikhosru_Shapurji_Sorabji
gptkb:Ferruccio_Busoni
gptkb:Alkan
gptkbp:knownFor long-form compositions
extremely complex piano music
virtuosic piano works
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality British
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
Gulistān
Messa Alta Sinfonica
gptkbp:occupation composer
literary criticism
pianist
gptkbp:parent English mother
Parsi father
gptkbp:pseudonym gptkb:Shapurji_Sorabji
gptkbp:realName Leonard Stanley S. Abraham
gptkbp:residence Winchelsea, England
gptkbp:restrictionOnPerformance imposed ban on public performances of his music (1936–1976)
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
documentaries
musicological studies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kaikhosru_Shapurji_Sorabji
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7