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Record information – Brief Man of Music
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1959Item number (ISN):370693Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1959Production company:National Film Board of CanadaProduction credit:director, Robert Blais; producer, Tim Wilson; executive producer, Nicholas Balla; script, Robert Fleming; Louis ApplebaumDescription:Audiovisual recording of a documentary on the work of Healey Willan. The film opens with the retired Dr. Willan rehearsing a new piece with the choir of his church. While describing his work as a teacher at the Toronto Conservatory of Music, Willan then visits an old pupil turned teacher named Godfrey Ridout, providing an impromptu lesson on the fugue to his students. Also highlighted is his work as a composer, most notably his composition of an anthem for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The film ends with a performance of the newly composed fugue at mass. <17mn 18s>Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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