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Tavener
/ ˈtævənə /
noun
- TavenerJohn (Kenneth)1944MBritishMUSIC: composer Sir John ( Kenneth ). born 1944, English composer, whose works include the cantata The Whale (1966), the opera Thérèse (1979), and the choral work The Last Discourse (1998); many of his later works are inspired by the liturgy of the Russian Orthodox Church
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Tavener, a merchant, who was suspected of Jewish descent, rose timidly to his feet.
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But William Tavener never heeded ominous forecasts in the domestic horizon, and he never looked for a storm until it broke.
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