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- 1965-1966 (Creation)
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1 score (46 p.)
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John Weinzweig, composer, teacher, and administrator, was born in Toronto on March 11, 1913 and died in Toronto August 24, 2006. He studied at the University of Toronto, where he studied with Healey Willan, Leo Smith, and Sir Ernest MacMillan. In 1934, he founded the Universtiy of Toronto Symphony Orchestra, which he conducted until 1937. In 1952, he was appointed to the Faculty of Music, where he taught until his retirement in 1978. Throughout the 1980s, he gave guest seminars, workshops, and residencies.
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File contains score, with inscription to Feldbrill from the composer with thanks for the premiere performance (dated April 21, 1966). Victor Feldbrill conducted the premiere performance by the Toronto Symphony and Paul Helmer, piano.
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Canadian Music Centre