Louis Applebaum : A Passion for Culture

by Pitman, Walter

• ISBN13: 9781550023985
• ISBN10: 1550023985
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781459714700
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services
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Summary

Canadian composer Louis Applebaum devoted his life to the cultural awakening of his native land, and this 'magnificent obsession' drove him to become a founder of the Canadian League of Composers and the Canadian Music Centre. He was an instrumental figure in the early development of the National Film Board, the Stratford Festival, and the National Art Centre in Ottawa. For nearly half a century he composed music for the Stratford Festival, television, radio, and films. This illustrated biography explores the man who was beloved by his fellow artists and the icon to whom every Canadian, knowingly or not, is indebted.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(4)
The Crucial Years	13	(10)
Moulding a Musician	23	(12)
The Seductive Screen	35	(20)
An American Interlude	55	(20)
Returning Home	75	(24)
The Stratford Miracle	99	(18)
Return to Stratford	117	(18)
On the Road with Gilbert and Sullivan	135	(18)
Television Beckons	153	(18)
The Making of a Culture	171	(14)
A Performing Arts Centre for a Nation	185	(16)
A Venture Into the Market	201	(16)
The Composer's Champion	217	(20)
A Troubled Arts Council	237	(22)
Cultural Czar	259	(26)
A Cultural Policy for a Nation	285	(20)
The Report: Achievement and Disappointment	305	(24)
Aftermath and Renewal	329	(26)
``I want to be remembered as a composer.''	355	(30)
The Sage	385	(20)
Notes	405	(92)
Acknowledgements	497	(3)
Index	500