Frank Hanson
Frank (lin) Keith Hanson (born August 8, 1899 in Lynn / Massachusetts , † January 16, 1975 in Montreal ) was a Canadian music teacher and composer.
Hanson had piano lessons in Cincinnati before moving to Toronto with his family in 1914, where he took organ lessons with Harvey Robb at the Toronto Conservatory of Music (later The Royal Conservatory of Music ). He then studied at the Sherwood School of Music in Chicago, the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, the American Institute of Normal Methods in Auburndale, the Juilliard School of Music, and Columbia University ; finally at McGill University with Douglas Clarke and Alfred Whitehead .
Hanson taught at McGill University from 1923, from 1940 to 1954 at the university's MacDonald College . His students included u. a. Robert Turner , Rafael Masella and Ronald Turini . Since 1937 he was also a teacher at West Hill High School in Montreal. He also worked as a consultant and examiner for the Québec Ministry of Education and was director of the MacDonald College Institute of Education .
He composed a hornpipe (1934), a string quartet, pieces for piano, violin and flute and in 1947 the Symphony of Canada .
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| SURNAME | Hanson, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hanson, Franklin Keith |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian music educator and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lynn (Massachusetts) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1975 |
| Place of death | Montreal |