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John Weinzweig
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 19
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- John (Jacob) Weinzweig (b. March 11, 1913) was a Canadian composer of classical music.
- Born in Toronto, Weinzweig went to Harbord Collegiate Institute, and studied music at the University of Toronto. In 1937, he left for the United States to study under Bernard Rogers. During the Second World War, he began composing film music, and in 1952 he became a professor at the University of Toronto. In the previous year he had co-founded the Canadian League of Composers, and he was actively involved in several other organisations representing musicians and composers.
- In 1974, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1988, he was awarded the Order of Ontario.
- Weinzweig died in 2006.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of John Weinzweig.
- Notes
- This negative has two images on it.
- Name Access
- Weinzweig, John, 1913-2006
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Physical Condition
- Negative is bent as if it has been rolled around something for a long period of time. Emulsion is still intact and not cracked as a result of the bending.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions