Author : Friedemann Sallis
Release : 2020-10-15
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 003/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis John P.L. Roberts, the CBC/Radio Canada, and Art Music by : Friedemann Sallis
Download or read book John P.L. Roberts, the CBC/Radio Canada, and Art Music written by Friedemann Sallis. This book was released on 2020-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the impact of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio Canada (CBC/SRC) on the development of art music in Canada during the broadcaster’s first fifty years (1936-1986). In so doing, it investigates the achievement of one man: John Peter Lee Roberts. Born in Australia, he arrived in Canada in 1955, and, over the next thirty years, he worked tirelessly as a producer, administrator and adviser at the state broadcaster to bring the music of Canada to the world and the world of music to Canadians. Roberts also played a crucially important role in commissioning, disseminating and promoting new music by Canadian composers.