Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was one of the foremost English composers of the 20th century. Biography Tippett was born in London of English and Cornish stock. His mother was a charity worker and a suffragette,[LINK: http://www.newstatesman.com/200501010052] Jessica Duchen, "A man of our time". New Statesman, 1 January 2005. and he was a cousin of suffragette leader Charlotte Despard. [LINK: http://www.michael-tippett.com/mttrotsky.htm] | Obituary of Michael Tippett by J. J. Plant in Revolutionary History, Vol. 7, No. 1 (1998) Although he enjoyed his childhood, after losing their hotel business in southern France, his parents decided to travel through and live on the Continent, and Michael and his brother attended boarding schools in England. At that time, Tippett won a scholarship and studied in Fettes Co

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