Growing with Canada

The Émigré Tradition in Canadian Music

Paul Helmer author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Published:1st Dec '09

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During the second half of the twentieth century, musical life in Canada flourished as never before, due in large measure to a generation of European emigres who worked to establish a uniquely Canadian culture of classical music. This title reveals how these men and women came to Canada and the roles they played in developing musical culture here.How a generation of Europeans escaping Nazism and Communism revolutionized musical culture in post-war Canada

"The interviews contained in this book constitute an invaluable resource of national importance." Robin Elliot, University of Toronto

ISBN: 9780773535817

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384 pages