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Author Beckwith, John.

Title Unheard of : memoirs of a Canadian composer / John Beckwith.

Publication Info. Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource.
text file
Series Life writing series
Life writing series (Online)
Note Includes a list of compositions.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Life, part 1 -- 1 Father -- 2 Mother -- 3 Victoria: Childhood and Adolescence -- Studies -- 4 Toronto: Youth -- 5 Composing -- 6 Paris -- Career -- 7 Writing -- 8 Academia -- 9 Politics -- Compositions -- 10 For Instruments (1) -- 11 For Instruments (2) -- 12 Operas -- 143 Choirs 14 For Voice(s) -- Life, part 2 -- 15 Full Length.
Summary Canadian composer John Beckwith recounts his early days in Victoria, his studies in Toronto with Alberto Guerrero, his first compositions, and his later studies in Paris with the renowned Nadia Boulanger, of whom he offers a comprehensive personal view. This is his memoir's that describes his activities as a writer, university teacher, and more.
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Subject Beckwith, John.
Beckwith, John.
Composers -- Canada -- Biography.
Composers.
Canada.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Electronic books.
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Other Form: Print version: 9781554583584
ISBN 9781554583850 electronic book
1554583853 electronic book
9781554583980
1554583985
9781554583584 print