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Istvan AnhaltPathways and Memory |
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The first comprehensive study of Canadian composer and musician Istvan Anhalt.
Istvan Anhalt, born into a Jewish family in Budapest in 1919, studied with Zoltán Kodály before being conscripted into a forced labour camp during World War II. In the late 1940s he studied under Nadia Boulanger and Soulima Stravinsky before emigrating to Canada in 1949, where he has been an important figure in the Canadian music scene for the last fifty years.
Details
496 Pages
illus., figures
ISBN 9780773521025
November 2001
Formats: Cloth, eBook
"A fine tribute to one of our very great composers, long overdue. It is good to see that some of Anhalt's previously unpublished writings are being made public at last." Alan Gillmor, School for Studies in Art and Culture, Carleton University
"A fascinating and important book in the history of Canadian music and musicians. Anyone interested in Canadian music, composers' thought processes, or Anhalt's life and music will find it quite absorbing." Paul Pederson, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
"one of the most comprehensive and valuable books centering on a single composer in years. It is an exceptionally valuable addition to the literature of contemporary music in North America, and more particularly, of Canadian music." Dr. Sandy Thorburn
"A fascinating and important book in the history of Canadian music and musicians. Anyone interested in Canadian music, composers' thought processes, or Anhalt's life and music will find it quite absorbing." Paul Pederson, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
"one of the most comprehensive and valuable books centering on a single composer in years. It is an exceptionally valuable addition to the literature of contemporary music in North America, and more particularly, of Canadian music." Dr. Sandy Thorburn
Robin Elliott, a former student of Anhalt's, is the author of Counterpoint to a City: The Centennial History of the Women's Music Club of Toronto.
Gordon E. Smith is associate professor in Queen's University's School of Music.
Gordon E. Smith is associate professor in Queen's University's School of Music.
