LEADER 03214nam 2200505 450 001 9910148693803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-5271-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442652712 035 $a(CKB)3710000000922501 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4730248 035 $a(DE-B1597)479281 035 $a(OCoLC)992453849 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442652712 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4730248 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11292409 035 $a(OCoLC)962447536 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000922501 100 $a20161109h19751975 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aHarry Somers /$fBrian Cherney 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1975. 210 4$d©1975 215 $a1 online resource (204 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aHeritage 311 $a1-4426-3908-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tGeneral foreword/Avant-propos général -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. The early years -- $t2. The apprenticeship -- $t3. Paris 1950 -- $t4. Consolidation, recognition 1951-9 -- $t5. Paris 1960-1 and the orchestral works of the late fifties and early sixties -- $t6. New directions: the vocal works of the sixties -- $t7. Louis Riel -- $t8. Rome 1969-71 and the early seventies -- $tAppendix 1. Compositions by Harry Somers -- $tAppendix 2. Discography -- $tAppendix 3. Synopsis of Louis Kiel -- $tSelected bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aHarry Somers is one of Canada's leading composers, and one of the most original. In the 1950s he experimented with contrapuntal writing, serialism, and style juxtaposition; in more recent years he has been concerned with the development of new vocal resources and improvisation.Harry Somers, a detailed study of the composer and his works, has been commissioned by the Canadian Music Centre as the first of a series, each volume of which will cover in depth the career and works of a major Canadian composer.Within the framework provided by major biographical events, Brian Cherney traces Somers' development as a composer from 1939 to 1973 by analysing works from various stages in his career. He discusses in particular the influences on Somers of Bartók, Debussy, and Weinzweig, the interrelationships between his works, and his stylistic traits and compositional techniques. A chronological list of Somers' works is included, and, because of its importance, an entire chapter is devoted to the opera Louis Riel. In view of the scarcity of in-depth critical literature on Canadian composers, this thorough and objective book will be of interest to music students, professional musicians, composers, and the general music public, both in Canada and abroad. 606 $aComposers$zCanada$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aComposers 676 $a780/.92/4 700 $aCherney$b Brian$01046929 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910148693803321 996 $aHarry Somers$92474211 997 $aUNINA