File 057 - Canadian composers series

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OTUFM 10-G-2-057

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Canadian composers series

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  • 1971-1991 (Creation)

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7.5 cm of textual records

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(1927-2022)

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John Beckwith (1991-2010)

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File includes correspondence with and about various Canadian composers, including Violet Archer, Serge Garant, Rodolphe Mathieu, Pierre Mercure, Jean Papineau-Couture, Barbara Pentland, R. Murray Schafer, Harry Somers, Gilles Tremblay, and John Weinzweig. File pertains to the series Canadian Composers, an initiative of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC), which issued detailed studies of individual Canadian composers and their works, beginning with Harry Somers (University of Toronto Press, 1975). John Beckwith was the chairman of the Publications Committee at CMC at the time.

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  • English

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    University of Toronto Press (1975, etc.)

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    3.1971-1991-78905 rbsc

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