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Jack Body. John Stanley Body ONZM (7 October 1944 – 10 May 2015) [1] was a New Zealand composer, ethnomusicologist, photographer, teacher, and arts producer. As a composer, his work comprised concert music, music theatre, electronic music, music for film and dance, and audio-visual gallery installations. [2]
Jack Body. Composer: Rain of the Children. Jack Body was born on 7 October 1944 in Te Aroha, New Zealand. He was a composer, known for Rain of the Children (2008), Vigil (1984) and Close to Home (1975). He died on 10 May 2015 in Wellington, New Zealand.
Information on Jack Body. Born on October 7, 1944, Jack Body was renowned for his diverse and innovative compositions, which included concert music, music theatre, electronic music, music for film and dance, and audio-visual gallery installations.
Jack [John] Stanley Body is a New Zealand composer whose eclecticism is culturally and geographically very wide; he is prolific in his creative outputs; he is well-known nationally and internationally within and across a range of compositional styles; and he is celebrated in New Zealand, having received a New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in the...
3 days ago · In the last year of his life, as he struggled with cancer, composer Jack Body put his energy into two important CDs, both of which are up for Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards tomorrow night.
Celebrating Jack Body, composer, which was meant as a tribute to a wholly loveable man. It's a book full of stories and reminiscenses and many wonderful photographs, that will help to keep his memory alive for future generations.
Jack Body’s music covers most genres, including solo and chamber music, orchestral music, music-theatre, music for dance and film as well as electroacoustic music. His music has been performed and broadcast widely in both New Zealand and overseas.
Jack Body - Jack Body, OMNZ, composed for everything from gamelan orchestras to the Kronos Quartet, and was a leading figure in awakening local interest in Asian and Pacific music. His soundtrack work ranged across children’s tales, te reo dramas and nature films.
Jack Body ONZM (7 October 1944 – 10 May 2015) was a New Zealand composer, photographer, educator, ethnomusicologist, and arts producer. As a composer, his work comprises concert music, music theatre, electronic music, music for film and dance, and audio-visual gallery installations.
Jack Body, ONZM (born 7 October 1944, Te Aroha, New Zealand – died 10 May 2015, Wellington, New Zealand) was a New Zealand composer, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. He studied at Auckland University, then in Cologne, Germany and at the Institute of Sonology, Utrecht, Netherlands.
