Biography & Autobiography, Composers & Musicians
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Turn the Other Cheek
by Dorothy Annette Grant
Years after having made a name for herself as a consumer reporter for CBC Television in Halifax, Dorothy Grant, now working for the Nova Scotia Medical Society, received an unexpected call. It was from an elderly woman named Charlotte, who hoped...
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Palaces of Memory
American Composer Diane Thome on her Life and Music by Diane Thome
Palaces of Memory is the story of a pioneer in the music world – the first woman to graduate from Princeton University with a PhD in Music and the first woman to compose computer-synthesized music. Much has been written about Dr. Thome, now...
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Noise from the North End
The Amazing Story of The Ugly Ducklings by Dave Bingham
It was the 1960’s. The British Invasion was under way as The Who, Beatles and Rolling Stones dominated the top of the charts. In Canada, Toronto’s trending Yorkville district was attracting Canadian acts to its many coffee houses and nightclubs....
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Erich Graf - Musician, Flutist, Advocate
A Memoir by Erich Graf
This memoir chronicles Erich Graf’s life as a musician, flutist and musicians’ advocate. His career has comprised a combination of 10 years as a student and free-lance flutist in New York City (seven years as member of the Aeolian Chamber...
