Harry Somers

Born: 11 September 1925, Toronto, Ont. (Canada)
Died: 9 March 1999, Toronto, Ont. (Canada)

(this composer submitted by Dennis Drud <Den-Drumsol.dk>)

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Music

• 1 Symphony
• Symphony for Woodwinds
• Sketches for Orchestra
• 2 Piano concertos
• Little suite for string Orchestra on Canadian Folk songs
• suite for harp & Chamber orchestra
• Twelve Miniatures - for voice & ensemble
• Gloria - Chorus & ensemble
• Fantasia for Orchestra
• Slow movements for strings

Biography

Harry Somers studied piano & theory under Dorothy Hornfelt, & composition with the Canadian composer John Weinzweig. he then got a scolarship that brought him to Darius Milhaud in Paris (1949-1950). Somers was considered an eclectic composer with inspiration from Mahler, Ives & Bártok to electronic music. He developed a very original style upon all of these influences. He earned his living as a radio commentator or pianist in the CBC radio & television broadcasts. In 1960 he won an award for his piece "Movement for Orchestra". For a brief period he lived in Italy, 1969-1971. Then he returned to Canada were he lived till his death in 1999.

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