Frank Blachford

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Frank Edward Blachford (born December 28, 1879 in Toronto , † June 24, 1957 in Calgary ) was a Canadian violinist, music teacher, conductor and composer.

Blachford studied violin with Bertha Drechsler Adamson at the Toronto Conservatory of Music until 1897 . He continued his education at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig with Hans Sitt and Carl Reinecke , in Geneva with Henri Marteau in Berlin. After returning to Canada in 1901, he taught at the Toronto Conservatory of Music until his death.

From 1906 to 1908 he conducted the Symphony Orchestra of the Conservatory, then until 1918 the Welsmansche Toronto Symphony Orchestra . As a chamber musician, he was a member of the Schumann Trio from 1902 to 1905 and, from 1907, principal violinist of the Toronto String Quartet, which he founded . From 1914 to 1925 he directed the Conservatory String Orchestra and from 1920 to 1930 the Victoria College Orchestra .

As a violin soloist, he has performed with the Welsmanschen and the new Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) at concerts and on the radio. From sixteen musicians of the TSO he formed the Blachford String Symphony in 1932. In later years he concentrated on teaching at the conservatory and public schools. His students include Albert Aylward , Jack Montague and Harvey Perrin .

Blachford wrote textbooks for violin lessons and transcriptions of baroque and romantic music. He composed, among other things, an Idyll and a Romance for violin and string orchestra, the Suite from the Ontario Northlands for orchestra and a few songs.

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SURNAME Blachford, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blachford, Frank Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian violinist, music teacher, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1957
Place of death Calgary