Lorne Betts
Lorne Matheson Betts (August 2, 1918 – August 5, 1985) was a Canadian
National Library of Canada. His compositional output includes two operas, two symphonies, two piano concertos, three string quartets, many songs and choral pieces, and other orchestral and chamber works.[1]
Life and career
Born in
music composition with John Weinzweig through 1953. He also studied with Ernst Krenek, Alan Rawsthorne, and Roy Harris during the summers of 1950-1953.[1]
Betts served as the music director of St Paul's Presbyterian Church in Hamilton, Ontario from 1950-1964. He was then organist-choirmaster at Melrose United Church in Hamilton for many years. He served as the director of the Royal Hamilton College of Music from 1953-1959 and was music critic for The Hamilton Spectator from 1965-1979. He was married to contralto Jean Macleod, notably serving as her accompanist on three commercial recordings. He died in Hamilton at the age of 67.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Elaine Keillor. "Lorne Betts". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
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