Growing with Canada
The Émigré Tradition in Canadian Music
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