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The early years of the Canadian League of Composers Wolters, Benita
Abstract
The Canadian League of Composers was founded in 1951 by young modernist composers who were frustrated with the musical conservatism of Canadian musical life. While it was its original intention to be inclusive of all styles of music, the League initially showed a bias towards modernist styles in both its membership policies and concert programming. Nonetheless, the all-Canadian concerts which the CLC sponsored exhibit a wide variety of musical idioms, offering us a rare glimpse into the wealth of compositional talent found in Canada at the time. These concerts also acted as an important historical precedent for the programming of Canadian works, and can be connected to the upsurge of newmusic groups in the 1960s and 70s. Other influential activities include planning for the Canadian Music Centre and hosting an International Conference of Composers. With these various successes achieved, the focus of the League's activities shifted in the 1960s from concert-giving to lobbying-an activity by which they continue to this day to promote Canadian music in its own country.
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The early years of the Canadian League of Composers
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University of British Columbia
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| Date Issued |
1999
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| Description |
The Canadian League of Composers was founded in 1951 by young
modernist composers who were frustrated with the musical conservatism of
Canadian musical life. While it was its original intention to be inclusive of all styles
of music, the League initially showed a bias towards modernist styles in both its
membership policies and concert programming. Nonetheless, the all-Canadian
concerts which the CLC sponsored exhibit a wide variety of musical idioms, offering
us a rare glimpse into the wealth of compositional talent found in Canada at the
time. These concerts also acted as an important historical precedent for the
programming of Canadian works, and can be connected to the upsurge of newmusic
groups in the 1960s and 70s. Other influential activities include planning for
the Canadian Music Centre and hosting an International Conference of Composers.
With these various successes achieved, the focus of the League's activities shifted
in the 1960s from concert-giving to lobbying-an activity by which they continue to
this day to promote Canadian music in its own country.
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eng
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| Date Available |
2009-06-29
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0089204
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University of British Columbia
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| Graduation Date |
1999-11
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Graduate
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