Weinzweig, John Jacob

Weinzweig, John Jacob
▪ 2007

      Canadian composer (b. March 11, 1913, Toronto, Ont.—d. Aug. 24, 2006, Toronto), introduced modernist elements to Canadian music and through his teaching influenced younger composers. A tireless promoter of his country's music, he became known as the “dean of Canadian composers.” He studied at the University of Toronto (B.M., 1937) and at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y. (M.M., 1938). Returning to Toronto, he taught at the Royal Conservatory beginning in 1939 and then at the University of Toronto from 1952 until 1978. Weinzweig was considered to have been the first Canadian to use the 12-tone method, which he initially employed in the piano work Spasmodia (1938). He was commissioned by the CBC in 1941 to write music for a radio drama and by the National Film Board in 1942 for a movie score, the first of some 100 pieces of such music that reached a wide audience. Weinzweig was a founder of the Canadian League of Composers (1951) and of the Canadian Music Centre (1959). His works included the ballet score Red Ear of Corn (1949) and a total of 12 divertimenti for various solo instruments and small orchestras. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1974.

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