Elliot Weisgarber ( Eng. Elliot Weisgarber ; December 5, 1919 , Pittsfield , Massachusetts , USA - December 31, 2001 , Vancouver ) - American-Canadian composer and clarinetist . Canadian citizen since 1973 .
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He graduated from the Eastman School of Music ( 1943 ), then in 1952 - 1953 he studied in Paris with Nadi Boulanger . In 1944 - 1958 he taught at the University of North Carolina Women's College, in 1960-1984 at the University of British Columbia .
In 1966 - 1969, he made several trips to Japan to study the art of playing the shakuhachi flute and later also performed concerts on this instrument, including a duet with the performer for whom Kiyo Kobayashi. The influence of Japanese musical culture is also present in Weissgarber's own compositions - including in “Kyoto landscapes” for orchestra, the vocal cycle “Ten Japanese Folk Songs”, etc. In total, Weissgarber owns about 450 compositions, as well as a number of articles; he also worked on the biography of Aurelio Journey , which remained unpublished.
Links
- An article in the Canadian Encyclopedia (English)
- Weissgarber Archives at the University of British Columbia
- Elliot Weisgarber (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database