Music and Time Annotation << Back The Attributes of the English Baroque in Michael Nyman’s Music (by the Example of Selected Piano Works) A. Alekseeva The composer Michael Nyman’s style consists of many elements. The musicologists distinguish in his music different stylistic attributes as such as minimalistic, classical, folk, rock features. In the paper a complex of signs concerned with the English Baroque music is described. Michael Nyman has been investigated the Baroque music during his studentship and uses this material as a framework of his own compositions. First of all the ground-form which is typical for the English virginal tradition is considered to discover the Baroque features in Nyman’s most famous works. Then the using of the Baroque elements in the composer’s piano collection «Film music for solo piano» (1997) is shown. Keywords: M. Nyman, English music, Baroque, minimal music, piano, «Film music for solo piano» Contacts: E-mail: sashundrik89@mail.ru Pp. 14-19.