Donald Heins
Donald Heins | |
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Born | Hereford, England | 19 February 1878
Died | 1 January 1949 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 70)
Occupation | violinist, violist, conductor, organist, composer, teacher |
Nationality | British, Canadian |
Donald Heins (19 February 1878 – 1 January 1949) was a
He was highly active as an educator, notably founding the instrumental music program at Ottawa's public school system and teaching on the faculties of the
Early life and education
Born in
Heins returned to England in 1897, where he continued with further musical studies under August Wilhelmj for the next five years. During that time, he played in the first violin section of several orchestras, including those led by Edward Elgar and Hubert Parry. He later studied under Leopold Auer in New York City in the 1920s.[1]
Life in Ottawa
In 1902 Heins crossed the Atlantic to come to Canada, settling in Ottawa. He remained in the capital for the next 25 years, where he was a member of the faculty of the Canadian Conservatory of Music (CCM). The conservatory's founder, Harry Puddicombe, was married to his sister.
Heins notably founded the school's symphony orchestra in 1903 and served as its director through 1927. In 1910 the orchestra was restructured to become the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra. With the orchestra, Heins presented several major symphonies that had never been heard in the city of Ottawa, including works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonín Dvořák, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.[1]
While teaching at the CCM, Heins also held an organist posts at three different
Life in Toronto
In 1927 Heins left Ottawa for
Writings
- Technical Devices for Violinists (1942)
Works
- Country Dance (1905)
- Gloria: Violin and Pianoforte; publ. by Theo. Presser Co. Philadelphia, 1924.
- Circus Day: Violin and Pianoforte; publ. by Theo. Presser, Philadelphia, 1924.
- Puppet's Dance: Violin and Pianoforte, publ. by Oliver Ditson, Boston, 1924.
- The Dutch Family: Violin and Pianoforte (1928)
- The Bell Boy Suite: Violin and Piano (1928)
- An Old Tortugas (1936), operetta
- Yellow Black (1939), operetta
- Saint Ursula Mass, mass
- The Awakening, symphonic poem
- Blest are the Pure in Heart, anthem
References
- ^ a b c d e "Donald Heins". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Government of Canada. Retrieved 13 November 2017.