Quebec May : for chorus and chamber orchestra / by Jean Coulthard ; poem: Earle Birney. 1948.

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Quebec May : for chorus and chamber orchestra / by Jean Coulthard ; poem: Earle Birney. 1948.

1 ms. score (45 p.) ; 39 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8335281

McGill University Library

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Coulthard, Jean, 1908-2000

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Jean Coulthard was born in Vancouver and began her musical training with her mother Jean Robinson Coulthard at the age of five and by nine was writing her first compositions. In 1928, Coulthard won a scholarship from the Vancouver Women's Music Club enabling her to enrol in the Royal College of Music in London, England and to study under Ralph Vaughan Williams. Upon receiving a Licentiate in Composition from the College (1932), Coulthard returned to Vancouver where she taught music at St. Anthon...

Birney, Earle, 1904-1995

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Born in Calgary, Alberta, Earle Birney (1904-1995) was educated at Universities of British Columbia, Toronto and California. He lectured in English at the University of Toronto from 1936 to 1941 when he left to serve overseas in World War II. On return, he worked for the CBC in 1945 and in 1946 he joined the Department of English at University of British Columbia, later transferring to the division of Creative Writing. Birney became writer in residence at Scarborough College in 1965. Well known ...