The Modern Composer and His World

by John Beckwith (Editor), Udo Kasemets (Editor)

Overview

Proceedings of the International Conference of Composers attended by SCEG at the Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario in August 1960.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442651777
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	12/15/1978
Series:	Heritage
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

John Beckwith is a composer and Jean A. Chalmers Professor of Canadian Music at the University of Toronto. Udo Kasemets (1919-2014) was an Estonian-born Canadian composer of orchestral, chamber, vocal, piano and electroacoustic works. He was one of the first composers to adopt the methods of John Cage, and was also a conductor, lecturer, pianist, organist, teacher and writer.