Comments on: Talking with composers, Canada and beyond http://www.sequenza21.com/2010/01/talking-with-composers-canada-and-beyond/ The Contemporary Classical Music Community Wed, 22 May 2013 02:29:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Taylor Brook http://www.sequenza21.com/2010/01/talking-with-composers-canada-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-22222 Taylor Brook Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:51:32 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=2505#comment-22222 Great revue, I look forward to reading thew book!

One thing to keep in mind when speaking of senior canadian composers is that the idea of musical modernism only came about in the 50s and 60s in Canada, so the generation of which John Beckwith and R. Murray Shafer belong was the first generation of dedicated composers. These first composers worked mainly in Toronto and Montréal with teacher/composers such as John Weinzweig and Harry Somers (Toronto) as well as Claude Champagne and Gilles Tremblay (Montréal). So, it makes sense that that is where these composers live and work today.

There’s also the issue of population density in Canada — more than a third of our population lives in Ontario:
http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/demo02a-eng.htm

Also, two of the most influential Quebec composers died young — Claude Vivier and Pierre Mercure.

]]> By: ALlison http://www.sequenza21.com/2010/01/talking-with-composers-canada-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-22220 ALlison Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:04:04 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=2505#comment-22220 I’ve also published a review of this book. It appeared in the last musicworks – #105. It will also appear on my blog at allisoncameronmusic.blogspot.com

]]> By: Christian http://www.sequenza21.com/2010/01/talking-with-composers-canada-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-22219 Christian Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:48:24 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=2505#comment-22219 Our friends at the print journal Musicworks are also excellent advocates for the Canadian New Music scene (www.musicworks.ca).

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