Collection search - MacMillan, Sir Ernest - Interview
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Record information – Brief MacMillan, Sir Ernest - Interview
Series title:Experience of LifeHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1955-02-26Item number (ISN):91929Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: GENERAL FILEAccession:1988-0247Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1955-02-26Release date:1956-01-28Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationProduction credit:interviewer, Ronald HambletonDescription:This recording is one of a series of interviews with famous Canadians recorded especially for CBC Radio Archives and for which special archival fees were paid. Robert Weaver of the CBC commissioned the interviews. This interview is of Sir Ernest MacMillan, who considers the question of whether the present age has a musical expression of its own, the lack of the virtuoso or all-round musician, the somewhat superficial education of today's musicians, the composer and performer as different personalities, and the mistake in teaching students merely as potential concert artists. He describes music as "dealing with the art of sound from different angles" and the discipline and training needed by choristers, his early life and training at St. Saviour's School in Eastbourne, England and the history of church music. <13mn 5s>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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