Michael Tippett was born in London in 1905, to well-to-do though unconventional parents; his father, a businessman, was a freethinker, his mother a writer and suffragette.
Michael Tippett was born in London in 1905. This was to well-to-do though unconventional parents. His father was a freethinker. A freethinker was his mother a writer and suffragette. His father was a businessman.