Gordon Delamont

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Gordon Arthur Delamont (born October 27, 1918 in Moose Jaw , † January 16, 1981 in Toronto ) was a Canadian trumpeter, composer and music teacher.

Delamont took lessons from his father, the trumpeter Arthur Delamont . From 1939 he was lead trumpeter in various dance and radio orchestras in Toronto. From 1945 to 1949 he performed with his own dance orchestra. In the summer of 1949 he took courses in composition, arrangement and music education with Maury Deutsch in New York, after which he opened his own in Toronto and privately taught harmony, counterpoint, composition and music theory. For thirty years his students included u. a. Peter Appleyard , Saul Chapman , Gustav Ciamaga , Ron Collier , Jimmy Dale , John Dobson , David Elliott , Jack Feyer , Doug Foskett , Bill Goddard , Hagood Hardy , Herbie Helbig , Paul Hoffert , Lawrence House , Don Johnson , Eddie Karam , Moe Koffman , Rob McConnell , Ben McPeek , Marek Norman , Lloyd Orchard , Bernie Piltch , Mort Ross , Fred Stone , John Swan , Norman Symonds and Rick Wilkins .

From 1953 to 1962 Delamont directed a rehearsal tape with which he performed compositions by his students. In the 1960s he also directed a jazz record with which he a. a. performed at the Ten Centuries Concerts . As a composer, he was one of the leading representatives of Third Stream in Canada. His textbooks are used internationally in teaching at music schools and universities.

Works

  • Allegro and Blues for jazz orchestra, 1962
  • Portrait of Charles Mingus for Jazzoktett, 1963
  • Ontario Suite for Soprano and Orchestra, 1965
  • Centum for band, 1966
  • Collage No. 3 , 1967
  • Song and Dance , 1967
  • Three Entertainments for Saxophone Quartet , 1969
  • Moderato and Blues for Brass Quintet , 1973
  • Conversation for Flugelhorn and Alto Saxophone , 1977

Fonts

  • Jazz composition: a minority report , 1963
  • Modern Arranging Techniques , 1965
  • Modern Harmonic Techniques , two volumes, 1965
  • Modern Contrapuntal Techniques , 1969
  • Modern Twelve-Tone Techniques , 1973
  • Modern Melodic Techniques , 1976

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personal data
SURNAME Delamont, Gordon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Delamont, Gordon Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer, trumpeter and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Moose Jaw
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1981
Place of death Toronto