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Robert Harris (2) (1948–)

Autor/a de What to Listen for in Mozart

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Nom normalitzat
Harris, Robert
Data de naixement
1948
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
Canada
Llocs de residència
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Professions
radio host
Organitzacions
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Biografia breu
Robert Harris has been a classical music critic, reviewer, broadcaster and producer for over twenty-five years and was the host of CBC Radio’s I Hear Music.

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While the title suggests this is all about Canada's National Anthem, the largest portion of the book is a biography of the man who wrote the music, Calixa Lavallee. Born in Quebec, he became a Quebec nationalist who felt the best way to preserve the French language and culture was to join the United States. He wrote O Canada as an anthem for Quebec and I wonder how he would feel about it now being the National Anthem of the country he did not feel part of.

The remainder of the book covers how Lavallee's song became our anthem including who wrote the words and how they have been changed over the years.… (més)
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Obres
3
Membres
114
Popularitat
#171,985
Valoració
½ 3.4
Ressenyes
1
ISBN
1,113
Llengües
31

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