Walter MacNutt
Walter Louis MacNutt (born June 2, 1910 in Charlottetown , † August 10, 1996 in Toronto ) was a Canadian organist, composer, choir director and music teacher.
McNutt studied at the Toronto Conservatory of Music with Healey Willan (organ and composition) and Reginald Godden (piano). He worked as organist and choirmaster at Trinity Church in Barrie (1931–35) and at Holy Trinity Church in Toronto (1935–42). Until 1946 he was a saxophonist in a regimental orchestra of the Canadian Army on Prince Edward Island and played the organ at St. Peter's Pro-Cathedral in Charlottetown. After the war he was church musician at the All Saints 'Church in Winnipeg (1946–49), the All Saints' Church in Windsor / Ontario (1948–53), where he also directed the Windsor Singers for two years in radio productions of the CBC , and finally at St Thomas' Church in Toronto (1954–77).
In addition to organ pieces and choral works, McNutt composed a piano suite (1938), for which he received the Vogt Society's First Prize for Composition , two Missae breves (1962 and 1965) and a Mass of St. James (1974). Among his songs, settings of poems by William Blake and Take Me to a Green Isle by HE Foster were particularly well known.
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- Walter MacNutt ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia .
- Canadian Music Center - Walter McNutt
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | MacNutt, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | MacNutt, Walter Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian organist, composer, choir director and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charlottetown |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1996 |
| Place of death | Toronto |