Patricia Blomfield Holt
Patricia Blomfield Holt (born September 15, 1910 in Lindsay / Ontario ; † June 5, 2003 ) was a Canadian composer, music teacher and pianist.
Holt began her musical training as an autodidact and studied and taught at the Toronto Conservatory of Music (TCM) between 1929 and 1939 . Her teachers were Norman Wilks , Hayunga Carman , Norah de Kresz and Healey Willan . In 1939 she married and stopped teaching. In 1954 she returned to the TCM (now the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto ) and taught composition, music theory and history there until her retirement in 1985.
Her compositions, which have been performed in Canada and the USA as well as in Europe, were mainly written for small ensembles. For her Suite No. 1 for violin and piano, in 1938 she received the Vogt Society (later: Society for Contemporary Music ) award for the best Canadian composition . Your Lyric Piece No. 2 was recorded by Jeremy Findlay and Elena Braslavsky , their Legend of the North Woods by the University of Calgary Orchestra . Holt was a member of the Canadian Music Center and the Association of Canadian Women Composers .
Works
- Pastorale and Finale: Suite No. 1. for violin and piano, 1936
- Lyric Piece Nos. 1 and 2 for cello and piano, 1937
- String Quartet , 1937, 1985
- String Quartet , 1956, 1985
- Suite No. 2 for violin or viola and piano, 1939
- Songs of Early Canada for baritone, horn and string orchestra (texts by Duncan Campbell Scott , Susanna Moodie and Marjorie Pickthall ), around 1947
- Three Songs of Contemplation for high voice and piano (texts by EJ Pratt , Marcus Adeney and Amy Lowell ), around 1948
- The Birds , 1973
- Dirge and Dance for accordion, 1973
- Polar Chrysalis: Ten Haiku Poems for mezzo-soprano, horn, cello, piano, timpani and percussion (texts by Claire Pratt ), around 1980
- Legend of the North Woods for orchestra, 1985
- Metamorphosis for viola and piano, 1985
- Magnificat for mixed choir, 1986
- Set of Two for flute and piano, 1987
- Sonata for cello and piano, 1987
- To the Distant Shore for orchestra, 1988, 1990
- A Song of Darkness and Light for soprano and piano (Texts: Blomfield Holt, Bibel, anonymous), 1990
source
- Patricia Blomfield Holt ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Holt, Patricia Blomfield |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian composer, music teacher and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindsay , Ontario |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 2003 |