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John Beckwith

John Beckwith

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Birth
Wednesday, 9 March 1927
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
Groups
Canada
Modern composers
Conductors, Pianists, teachers
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Death
Monday, 5 December 2022
Toronto
Canada
Age: 
95

Composition list

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Opera and lyrical music

Night Blooming Cereus • (1958) • Operas
Shivaree (The) • (1965) • Operas
Crazy to Kill • (1989) • Chamber operas
Jonah • (1963) • Cantates profanes : soli-chœur-orchestre
Place of Meeting • (1967) • Autres œuvres : soli-chœur-orchestre
Sun Dance (The): 6 soloists-Narrator-SATB-organ-perc. • (1969) • Autres œuvres : soli-chœur-orchestre
Trumpets of Summer (The) • (1964) • Autres œuvres : soli-chœur-orchestre
Killdeer (The): play music • (1959) • Musiques de scène - Masques

Instrumental music

Musique à Danser: piano 4 hands • (1948) • Other dances
Novelette: piano • (1951) • Petites pièces de caractère
Pieces: piano • Pièces
Pieces: organ • Pièces

Concertante music

Scene d'Automne et Danse des Fees: violin-clarinet-strings • (1956) • Autre pièces concertantes pour Corde et vent
Cercle avec Tangentes: cembalo-13 strings • (1967) • Autres pièces concertantes pour clavecin
Concert de Mythes: flute-orchestra • (1983) • Autres pièces concertantes pour flute
Concertino: French horn-orchestra • (1963) • French horn concertos
Concerto-Fantaisie: piano-orchestra • (1959) • Piano concertos

Chamber music

Quartet: strings • (1977) • Chamber music strings
Chaises Musicales: string quartet-double bass • (1973) • Chamber music strings
Quartet: flute-oboe-English horn-bassoon • (1951) • Chamber music winds
Prendre Position: brass quintet • (1972) • Chamber music winds
Etudes: string trio • (1956) • Trios instruments identiques
Pieces: trumpet-French horn-trombone • (1951) • Trios instruments identiques
Pieces: 2 flutes • (1951) • Duos instruments identiques
Pieces: 2 bassoons • (1951) • Duos instruments identiques
Etude de Cas: 5 instruments • (1951) • Chamber music various instruments

Vocal music

1838 • (1970) • Choral pieces isolated
Making Time: choir • (1982) • Choral pieces isolated
Petit Concert d'Orgue (Un): mixed choir-organ-brass quintet • (1982) • Choral pieces isolated with instruments
Sharon Fragments • (1966) • Cycle choral
Great Lakes (The) • (1949) • Cycle oeuvres vocales : 2 voix et plus
Chaucer Suite (A): A-T-B • (1962) • Cycle oeuvres vocales : 2 voix et plus
Formal Garden of the Heart (The): Mez./Bar.-piano • (1950) • Mélodies isolées
Serenade • (1949) • Mélodies isolées
Message to Winnipeg (A) • (1960) • Oeuvres : 2 Récitants et plus avec instruments
Letters to a Small Town • (1961) • Oeuvres : 2 Récitants et plus avec instruments
Wednesday's Child • (1962) • Oeuvres : 2 Récitants et plus avec instruments
Canada Dash, Canada Dot • (1967) • Oeuvres : 2 Récitants et plus avec orchestre
Gas !: 20 Narrators • (1969) • Oeuvres : choeur récitant
All the Bees and All the Keys • (1973) • Oeuvres : Récitant-orchestre
Blessings • (1968) • Choral pieces collection
Motets sur "China" de Swan • (1981) • Choral pieces collection
Songs • (1950) • Song collections
Songs • (1961) • Song collections
Songs • (1982) • Song collections
Songs: Alto-piano • (1971) • Song collections
Chansons d'Amour: Baryton-piano • (1970) • Song collections
Poemes de la Dynastie T'Ang: Sop./Tenor-piano • (1947) • Song collections
Poesies Anglaises: voice enf.-piano • (1964) • Song collections

Sheet music for John Beckwith

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Jc The Lord Is Very Great And Terrible Satb — John Beckwith

SATB Choir — Choral Score — Classical
Composed by John Beckwith (1927-). Classical. Choral Score. Novello & Co Ltd. #MUSNOV281028. Published by Novello & Co Ltd. (HL.14002524).
Price: $3.00

Trumpet Voluntary — John Beckwith

String Orchestra (Piano / Guitar, String Bass, Glockenspiel, Timpani (optional)) — score and parts —
Composed by John Beckwith (1927-). Arranged by Colette Mourey. String Orchestra (Piano / Guitar, String Bass, Glockenspiel, Timpani (optional)). Score and parts. Duration 2'47. Editions Marc Reift #36858. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-36858).
Price: $35.00

Jonah - Chamber Cantata - Study Score — John Beckwith

Orchestra — study score —
Composed by John Beckwith (1927-). Study score. Published by Leslie Music Publications (LE.DER1436).
Price: $19.00

Beckwith: Calling - Instrumental Works, 2006-2016 — Various Artists

— — Classical
By Various Artists. By John Beckwith (1927-). Classical, Contemporary Era. Classical. Centredisc #CMCCD 24917. Published by Centredisc (NX.CMCCD-24917).
Price: $16.00

December's Rose — Dr. Brady Knapp

— CD — Classical
By Dr. Brady Knapp, The Univeristy Singers, and Yuri McCoy. By Barry Rose, John Christmas Beckwith, Richard Shepherd, Vernon Hoyle, Max Reger (1873-1916), John Ireland (1879-1962), Ned Rorem (1923-), Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), William Mathias, Stephen Paulus, Thomas Helmore (1811-1890), Heathcote Statham (1889-1973), Geoffrey Bush, Michael Coghlan, Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809-1847), and Calvin Hampton. Classical. CD. Gothic #G-49312. Published by Gothic (NX.G-49312).
Price: $18.00

Lucas et Cecile (Opera) — Joseph Quesnel

chamber ensemble — —
Composed by Joseph Quesnel (1746-1809). Arranged by John Beckwith. Les Editions Doberman-Yppan #DO 130. Published by Les Editions Doberman-Yppan (DY.DO-130).
Price: $50.00

Lucas et Cecile (Opera) — Joseph Quesnel

chamber ensemble — —
Composed by Joseph Quesnel (1746-1809). Arranged by John Beckwith. Les Editions Doberman-Yppan #DO 130A. Published by Les Editions Doberman-Yppan (DY.DO-130A).
Price: $63.00

Breathe — David Fallis

— CD — Classical
By David Fallis, Larry Beckwith, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and Evelyn Glennie. By Andre Alexis (Lyricist), Anna Chatterton (Lyricist), Antonio Scandello (Lyricist), Hildergard von Bingen (Lyricist), James Rolfe, and Steven Heighton (Lyricist). Classical. CD. Centredisc #CMCCD 24517. Published by Centredisc (NX.CMCCD-24517).
Price: $16.00

John Rutter: Visions & Requiem — The Cambridge Singers; Aurora Orchestra; Kerson Leong; The Temple Church Boys' Choir; Alice Halstead; John Rutter; John Rutter

— CD (1 disc) — Classical
By The Cambridge Singers; Aurora Orchestra; Kerson Leong; The Temple Church Boys' Choir; Alice Halstead; John Rutter; John Rutter. By John Rutter (1945-). Country of Origin: United Kingdom. Classical. CD (1 disc). Published by Collegium Records (NX.COLCD139).
Price: $16.00

Uncle John's March (from Uncle John's Notebook) — John Pitts, John Pitts

Piano Solo — Score — Romantic Period,Patriotic
Composed by John Pitts, John Pitts. Romantic Period, Patriotic. Score. 4 pages. Published by Intensely Pleasant Music (S0.519409).
Price: $3.00

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Submitted by Jean-Paul Giraudet on 2013-03-25 16:06.
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2022-12-07 15:01