Godfrey Ridout

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Godfrey Ridout (born May 6, 1918 in Toronto ; † November 24, 1984 ibid) was a Canadian composer and music teacher.

Ridout studied organ and counterpoint with Charles Peaker , conducting with Ettore Mazzoleni , piano with Weldon Kilburn and composition with Healey Willan at the Toronto Conservatory of Music . As a composer he became known early on with works such as the Ballade for Viola and Strings (1938), the Two Etudes for Strings (1942) and the Dramatic Symphony Esther (premiered in 1952) with the soloists Lois Marshall and James Milligan . Of his three Cantiones mysticae , the first was in 1953 at Carnegie Hall under Leopold Stokowskilisted. For the opening of the Sankt-Lorenz-Seeweg he composed the Music for a Young Prince in 1959 . The orchestral work Fall Fair was written for a concert by the United Nations in New York in 1961 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of US independence in Ottawa for the National Arts Center Orchestra George III, His Lament . His second major work for string orchestra (after the Two Etudes) is the Concerto grosso from 1974. The television opera The Lost Child was broadcast in 1975 by the CBC .

From 1940 Ridout taught at the Toronto Conservatory of Music , from 1948 until his retirement in 1982 he was also a professor at the University of Toronto . His students included Walter Babiak , Walter Buczynski , Hugh Davidson , Alan Detweiler , Ben McPeek , Welford Russell , Alfred Strombergs, and Charles Wilson . He worked as an editor for Canadian Music (1940-41) and the Canadian Review of Music and Art (1942-4) and wrote articles on Arthur Sullivan , Edward Elgar and his teacher Healey Willan. In 1964 he created an overture to Joseph Quesnel's opera Colas et Colinette in the style of the composer.

Ridout was a member and from 1966 to 1973 director of the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada (CAPAC), which sponsored a Godfrey Ridout Award for choral composition in 1989 . He was also a member of the Canadian League of Composers and an associate composer of the Canadian Music Center . His wife was the singer Freda Antrobus Ridout .

Works

  • Ballade for Viola and String Orchestra . 1938
  • Festal Overture for orchestra, 1939
  • Two Etudes for string orchestra, 1946, 1951
  • Esther , dramatic symphony for soprano, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra, 1952
  • Cantiones mysticae for soprano and orchestra, 1953
  • Ave Maria for female choir, 1954
  • Prelude in F for piano, 1958
  • Three Preludes on Scottish Tunes for organ, 1959
  • Music for a Young Prince for orchestra, 1959
  • The Dance ( Carmina Burana CXXXVII) for mixed choir and orchestra, 1960
  • Pange lingua for mixed choir and orchestra, 1960
  • Fall Fair for orchestra, 1961
  • The Ascension, Cantiones mysticae No. 2 (based on the resurrection hymn by Venantius Fortunatus ) for soprano, trumpet and strings, 1962
  • Four Sonnets for mixed choir and orchestra, 1964
  • Overture toColas et Colinette , 1964
  • In Memoriam Anne Frank 'A Song of Strength' for soprano and orchestra, 1965
  • When Age and Youth Unite for soloist and / or mixed choir and orchestra, 1966
  • Folk Songs of Eastern Canada for soprano and orchestra, 1967
  • La Prima Ballerina: Suite No. 1 for orchestra, 1967
  • Introduction and Allegro for woodwind quintet, violin and cello, 1968
  • Prelude for Organ , 1968
  • The Domage of the Wise for mixed choir, 1968
  • March for organ, 1969
  • Cantiones mysticae No. 3, Dream of the Rood for baritone, mixed choir, orchestra and organ, 1972
  • Frivolités canadiennes for orchestra, 1973
  • Jubilee for orchestra, 1973
  • Concerto grosso for violin and string orchestra, 1974
  • George III, His Lament for orchestra, 1975
  • The Lost Child , TV opera, 1976
  • Two Dances for Guitar , 1976
  • Table music for woodwind ensemble, 1976
  • Spirit is Flesh This Night for five-part mixed choir, 1976
  • Kids' Stuff for orchestra, 1978
  • No Mean City: Scenes From Childhood for soloists and / or choir and orchestra, 1983
  • Ballade II for viola and string orchestra, 1980
  • Concerto Grosso No. 2 for wind quintet and orchestra, 1980
  • The Seasons for tenor and piano quintet, 1980
  • A Birthday Fantasy for flute, clarinet and bassoon, 1982
  • Exile for female narrative voice and instrumental ensemble, 1984

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personal data
SURNAME Ridout, Godfrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1984
Place of death Toronto