| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 402 pages) : illustrations, music, portraits, digital file |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-390), discography (pages 373-388) and index. |
| Contents |
A self-made composer / John Beckwith and Brian Cherney -- Toronto : the social and artistic content / Robin Elliot -- The activist / Brian Cherney -- The teacher / John Rea -- Music for radio and film / Elaine Keillor -- The first Canadian serialist / Catherine Nolan -- "Naked and unashamed": the instrumental practice / Clark Ross -- Works with texts ; Jazz swing and jazz blues / John Beckwith -- The story of my life : the divertimento series / James K. Wright -- In his own words / Alan Gillmore -- Critical and scholarly views / J. Drew Stephen -- Ear-dreaming : a study in listeners / Eleanor V. Stubley -- How to play Weinzweig / Robert Aitken -- Wienzweig as I knew him / John Beckwith. |
| Summary |
John Weinzweig (1913?006) was the pre-eminent Canadian composer of his generation. Influenced by European modernists such as Stravinsky, Berg, and Webern, he was the first Canadian composer to employ serialism, thereby bringing a spirit of innovation to mid-twentieth-century Canadian music. A forceful advocate for modern Canadian composition, Weinzweig played a key role in the founding of the Canadian League of Composers and the Canadian Music Centre during a buoyant and expansive period for the arts in Canada. He was an influential force as a teacher of composition, first with the Royal Cons. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Weinzweig, John, 1913-2006.
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Weinzweig, John, 1913-2006. |
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Weinzweig, John, 1913- |
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Composers -- Canada -- Biography.
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Composers. |
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Canada. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Beckwith, John.
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Cherney, Brian.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781554582563 |
| ISBN |
9781554583218 (electronic book) |
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1554583217 (electronic book) |
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9781554582563 (print) |
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