And harmony abound : the musical life of Morley Calvert / / Keith William Kinder

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910806286103321
• Autore: Kinder Keith William
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; Kingston ; ; London ; ; Chicago : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2022; ©2022
• ISBN: 0-2280-0970-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 pages)
• Disciplina: 780.922
• Soggetti: Composers - Canada
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Hymn Tunes, Folk Songs, and Beyond -- Music Sets us Free: A Life in Music -- Early Life: “Smart men are everywhere, but I am a novelty” -- Student, Teacher, Conductor, Performer, Composer: 1950s -- Bandmaster, Music Camp Instructor, Teacher, Composer: 1960–1972 -- The Barrie Band: 1972–1985 -- Retirement: 1986–1991 -- Postscript -- Cataloguing a Life in Music -- List of Musical Examples -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Morley Calvert's Suite from the Monteregian Hills is cherished by brass players globally and performed hundreds of times annually, making Calvert perhaps the most performed Canadian composer outside the country. And Harmony Abound is a fascinating picture of Calvert's contribution to musical composition, education, and cultural fabric.