'''John McCabe''' (1939, ) est un britannique.

== Biographie ==
Compositeur très prolifique depuis son plus jeune âge, à 11 ans il avait déjà écrit treize symphonies. Après des études à sérialisme, pour puis se tourner le post-tonalisme.

Il s'est fait connaître tout d'abord comme pianiste, ayant dans son répertoire œuvres de Bax, Corigliano, Haydn, Hindemith, Rawsthorne et Webern.

Comme compositeur, il s'est fait connaître avec le cycle vocal ''Notturni ed Alba'' (quatuors à cordes, musique instrumentale (surtout pour le piano). Aujourd'hui il est connu surtout pour ses 76), trios pour un ou deux violons (1959, 1980, 2003), un pour alto (1962), clavecin (1968), hautbois d'amour (1972), clarinette (1977), orchestre (1982), trompette (1987) et flûte (1990), ainsi que double concertos for alto et violoncelle (1965) et clarinette et hautbois (1988).

John McCabe a été nommé Commandeur de l'Empire britannique en 1983 pour ses services musicaux.

== Œuvres principales==

'''John McCabe''' CBE (born English composer and pianist.

== Biography ==
A prolific composer from an early age, John McCabe had written thirteen symphonies by the time he was eleven. After studies in Manchester and Munich he embarked upon a career as a composer and virtuoso pianist (he still tours internationally as a recitalist). He has worked in almost every genre, though large-scale forms lie at the heart of his catalogue with five symphonies, fifteen concertante works and eight ballet scores to his name. Like many composers of his generation, McCabe experimented with serialism in his early career but his mature style is characterised by a dramatic post-tonalism, and vivid orchestrations.

He first became known as a pianist, playing Bax, Corigliano, Haydn, Hindemith, Rawsthorne, and Webern.

As a composer, he first gained attention with the orchestral song cycle ''Notturni ed Alba'' (concerti that he is perhaps best known. He has written four for his own instrument, the piano (76), and three for one or two violins (1959, 1980, 2003) as well as one each for viola (1962), harpsichord (1968), oboe d'amore (1972), clarinet (1977), orchestra (1982), trumpet (1987) and flute (1990), and double concertos for viola and cello (1965) and clarinet and oboe (1988).

John McCabe was made CBE in 1983 for his services to music.

=== Career highlights ===