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String quartet no. 2
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Alisdair MacLean
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MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 32
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February 22, 1992 (Creation)
- Creator
- MacLean, Alasdair
- Place
- Halifax (N.S.)
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- Unknown date of photocopying.
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1 score (35 p.)
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(1955-)
Biographical history
Alaisdair MacLain is an eastern-Canadian composer, born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia on January 8, 1955. While attending Mount Allison University, he worked at the Windsor Theatre as an arranger, composer, and pianist. He also studied at Julliard, L'Ecole d'Art americaine in Fontainebleau, France, and at the University of Toronto. In October 1996, he was the first composer-in-residence with Symphony Nova Scotia. His works have been performed throughout Canada, the United States, Britain, France, China, and Japan, and range from solo instrumental and vocal works to those for chamber ensembles, choir, and orchestra.
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Item is a copy of Alasdair MacLean's String Quartet No. 2, which was commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Radio Halifax for the Saint John String Quartet.
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- English
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For research and program notes by Anthony Pugh pertaining to Alasdair MacLean, see MS-2-26, Box 4, Folder 17.