Violet Archer: A Bio-Bibliography

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One of Canada's most prolific composers, Violet Archer is also an exceptional music educator and an outspoken advocate of contemporary music. This study contains a short biography; a complete list of more than 290 compositions, organized by genre, with information on premieres and selected performances; a discography; and a bibliography. All sections are fully cross-referenced and indexed, and appendixes organize the works alphabetically and chronologically.

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A brief but complete biography precedes the heart of this book--the bibliographies of works, recordings, and writings by and about contemporary Canadian composer Violet Balestreri Archer, born in Montreal in 1913 and still teaching and working on new commissions. Works are listed by genre; there is also an alphabetical index and a chronology by Hartig, music librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Because Archer is a talented and prolific composer and educator and is not well known in the US, this volume will be of use to many performers and conductors, especially to those specifically seeking choral and instrumental compositions by women.-Choice
"A brief but complete biography precedes the heart of this book--the bibliographies of works, recordings, and writings by and about contemporary Canadian composer Violet Balestreri Archer, born in Montreal in 1913 and still teaching and working on new commissions. Works are listed by genre; there is also an alphabetical index and a chronology by Hartig, music librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Because Archer is a talented and prolific composer and educator and is not well known in the US, this volume will be of use to many performers and conductors, especially to those specifically seeking choral and instrumental compositions by women."-Choice

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LINDA HARTIG is Music Librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.