| LC control no. | n 81134934 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML410.B388 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Beckwith, John |
| Associated country | Canada |
| Associated place | Toronto (Ont.) |
| Birth date | 1927-03-09 |
| Death date | 2022-12-05 |
| Place of birth | Victoria (B.C.) |
| Place of death | Toronto (Ont.) |
| Affiliation | University of Toronto Institute for Canadian Music Canadian Music Centre Order of Canada |
| Profession or occupation | Composers Authors Educators Pianists Broadcasters |
| Found in | His Fall scene and fair dance, c1957. The Canadian encyclopedia WWW site, May 16, 2007: Enc. of mus. in Canada (Beckwith, John; b. Mar. 9, 1927, Victoria, BC; composer, writer, educator, pianist, broadcaster) CBC website, December 06, 2022 (John Beckwith, the prominent Canadian composer with a career spanning seven decades, died in Toronto on Dec. 5 at the age of 95; Beckwith was equally illustrious as an educator, with a 38-year teaching career at the University of Toronto, including a stint as dean of the faculty of music from 1970-77; He was also the first director of U of T's Institute for Canadian Music; In the late 1950s, he was a founding member of the Canadian Music Centre; Beckwith was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1987, received the Toronto Arts Award for Music in 1995, and was awarded the Diplôme d'Honneur of the Canadian Conference of the Arts in 1996) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | no2013055163 |
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