Michael James Arman Brough

Michael James Arman Brough (1960 July 29, Leeds) is a British organist, lawyer and composer. He has written songs for voice and piano, usually to German texts; and a quantity of other material, mainly for church use.

From 1973 to 1978, he was organist of [http://www.stpaulskingcross.co.uk/ St Paul's King Cross] in Halifax. In 1980, he became Leeds University Chaplaincy organist and played there until 1982. Since 1987, he has been at Holy Trinity Sloane Street, London.

Since 1988, he has practised as a in south-east England, lately in Buckinghamshire.

Michael Brough's songs, mostly in German at the time of writing, are in an expressive, tonal style that makes use of a richly romantic harmonic palette. Over 85 Lieder to texts by Goethe, Morgenstern, Celan, Eichendorff, Nietzsche and many others have been written and a number of them have been favourably performed in England, Switzerland and Germany.