Taking a Stand : : Essays in honour of John Beckwith / / ed. by Timothy McGee.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Bartel, Lee R.,; Beckwith, Lawrence,; Diamond, Beverley,; Dixon, Gail,; Gillmor, Alan M.,; Gutnik, Tammy,; Keillor, Elaine,; Lazarevich, Gordana,; Martin Shand, Patricia,; Mayo, John,; McGee, Timothy J.,; Mclean, Don,; Morey, Carl,; Reaney, James,; Rice, Timothy,; Smiley, Marilynn J.,; Smith, Gordon E.,; Temperley, Nicholas,
• HerausgeberIn: McGee, Timothy,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)

As Timothy McGee says in his introduction, ‘It is not an exaggeration to say that John Beckwith has been the single most important influence on Canadian music over the past forty years.’ Beckwith’s career as a composer, performer, teacher, administrator, author, editor, and promoter of Canadian music is unparalleled. It is fitting, then, that this group of papers, organized as a tribute to him, reflects not only his contribution, but also the current major directions of Canadian music. The contributions fall under the headings of composers and compositions, music education, comparative studies of music in Canada and the United States, and general views of music in Canada. The composers discussed include Bruce Cockburn, Istvan Anhalt, John Hawkins, and of course, John Beckwith. One essay looks at the way in which music was taught in nineteenth-century Toronto; another deal with music education in Canada today. The comparative studies include a consideration of sacred music in the early years and a look at the different ways in which American and Canadian composers treat native music. One essay probes what is typically Canadian about our study of own music. Another examines the role played the private patrons in supporting our cultural institutions. The essays reflect the variety of musical culture in our country. The music of Canada – past and present; popular, folk, and classical; its creator, collectors, and educators – is presented, discussed, and analysed by prominent scholars. Collectively the essays summarize the current state of research on Canadian music; individually they provide standards, patterns, approaches, and directions for future research.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. Introduction -- John Beckwith and Canadian Music -- Serinette -- Part Two. Studies of Composers -- Echoes of Time and the River -- Of Things Past: John Hawkins's Remembrances (1969) -- Symmetry and Synthesis in Beckwith's Etudes (1983) -- Coming to Terms with the Past: Beckwith's Keyboard Practice -- Part Three. Music Education -- Musical Education in Nineteenth-Century Toronto -- Canadian Music in the School Curriculum: Illusion or Reality? -- Part Four. Comparative Studies: Canada and the United States -- Across Lake Ontario: Nineteenth-Century Concerts and Connections -- Worship Music in English-Speaking North America, 1608-1820 -- Indigenous Music as a Compositional Source: Parallels and Contrasts in Canadian and American Music -- Part Five. Canadian Popular Music, Past and Present -- The Genesis of Ernest Gagnon' s Chansons populaires du Canada -- What's Canadian about Canadian Popular Music?: The Case of Bruce Cockburn -- Part Six. A Canadian Looking-Glass -- Aspects of Early Arts Patronage in Canada: From Rockefeller to Massey -- Narratives in Canadian Music History -- John Beckwith' s Principal Compositions and Writings to 1994 -- List of Contributors