John Beckwith (2) (1927–2022)
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John Beckwith was associated for thirty-eight years with the faculty of music at the University of Toronto, including seven as dean and five as founding director of the Institute for Canadian Music.
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Beckwith, John
- Geburtstag
- 1927-03-09
- Todestag
- 2022-12-05
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Canada
- Geburtsort
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Sterbeort
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Todesursache
- pneumonia
- Ausbildung
- University of Toronto
Royal Conservatory of Music - Berufe
- university professor/
musician
composter
musicologist
university professor
university administrator - Beziehungen
- Boulanger, Nadia (teacher)
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Order of Canada, 1987
- Kurzbiographie
- "
John Beckwith, C.M.
Professor Emeritus
MMus, MusDoc
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John Beckwith, composer, writer, pianist, teacher, and administrator, studied piano in Toronto with Alberto Guerrero and composition in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. He was associated with the Faculty of Music for 38 years, including a term as dean, 1970-77. He was founding director of the Institute for Canadian Music, 1985-90. His more than 150 compositions include 4 operas, orchestral, choral, and chamber works, songs, and solo pieces. (For a list of titles and a discography, see www.musiccentre.cahttp://www.musiccentre.ca.) He has been active in such Canadian musical organizations as the Canadian League of Composers, the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, the Canadian University Music Society, the Société québécoise de recherche en musique, and the Canadian Musical Heritage Society, and has produced critical and research writings about Canadian music past and present. Beckwith holds five honorary doctorates and is a member of the Order of Canada.
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[source: faculty profiles pages on the website of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music at http://www.music.utoronto.ca/faculty/...]
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