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Vancouver lights (A soliloquy)
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1 ms. musical score (47 p.)
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Jean Coulthard was born at her parents' home on Broughton Street in 1908, the daughter of a pioneering family, her father a doctor and her mother a well known piano teacher. In 1928-1929 she studied composition at the Royal College of Music in London with Ralph Vaughn Williams, and subsequently at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. She was professor of music theory and composition at the University of British Columbia from 1947-1973. Her compositions include an opera, four symphonies, concertos, numerous shorter works for soloists and orchestras, sonatas for many instruments and hundreds of keyboard, choral and vocal works. Her professional affiliations and accomplishments were considerable. On March 14, 1978 she was awarded Freedom of the City of Vancouver by Mayor Volrich. In 1978 she was also awarded the Order of Canada and in 1996 the Order of British Columbia.
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File consists of a copy of the handwritten score of: "Vancouver lights (a soliloquy) for chorus and orchestra in honour of the City of Vancouver British Columbia, music by Jean Coulthard, text lines taken from the poem by Earle Birney, Vancouver Lights (1941), July 30th 1980". The piece was composed as a response to being named a Freeman of the City of Vancouver in 1978 and presented to City Council on July 21, 1981.
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Donated by Colin Miles, Director, Canadian Music Centre, in 1985.
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Score was formerly referred to as AM885 Jean Coulthard collection.
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See the Freedom of the City file at 1-G-1 file 52 which includes detailed biographical information and PD 928 which includes July 1981 City Council presentation notes.