Gordon Delamont
Gordon Arthur Delamont (27 October 1918 – 16 January 1981) was a Canadian
Life
Born in
In 1949 Delamont went to New York City to study arranging, composition, and pedagogy with Maury Deutsch. He returned later that year to open his own private teaching studio in Toronto where he offered instruction in harmony, counterpoint, composition, and music theory. He taught up until his death more than 30 years later. His notable pupils include Peter Appleyard, Gustav Ciamaga, Ron Collier, Jimmy Dale, Hagood Hardy, Herbie Helbig, Paul Hoffert, Moe Koffman, Rob McConnell, Ben McPeek, Bernie Piltch, Paul Read, Fred Stone, Norman Symonds, Rick Wilkins, Maribeth Solomon, Paul Benton, among others.[1]
Another student, Whitney Smith, produced a 90-minute radio documentary for CBC in 1979 entitled, "Gordon Delamont: Taking the Notes Where They Want to Go".[3]
Books
- Modern Arranging Techniques (Delavan, NY 1965)
- Modern Harmonic Techniques, 2 vols (Delavan, NY 1965)
- Modern Contrapuntal Techniques (Delavan, NY 1969)
- Modern Twelve-Tone Techniques (Delavan, NY 1973)
- Modern Melodic Techniques (Delavan, NY 1976)
References
- ^ a b Helen McNamara. "Gordon Delamont". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 26 March 2005.
- ^ Boyd, Denny. "Legendary Mr. D exited with fanfare", Vancouver Sun, 13 September 1982
- ^ Globe and Mail, 23 Feb. 1979, Mark Miller, "'Mystery' musician featured on radio", p. 33.
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