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Harry Stewart Somers, CC (September 11, 1925 – March 9, 1999) was a contemporary Canadian composer. Possessing a charismatic attitude and rather dashing good-looks, as well as a genuine talent for his art, Somers earned the unofficial title of "Darling of Canadian Composition." A truly patriotic artist, Somers was engaged in many national projects over the course his lifetime. He was a founding member of the Canadian League of Composers (CLC) and as such, was involved in the formation of other Canadian music organizations, including the Canada Council for the Arts and the Canadian Music Centre. He frequently received commissions from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Canada Council for the Arts.

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  • Harry Somers (en)
  • Harry Somers (ca)
  • Harry Somers (de)
  • Harry Somers (fr)
  • Harry Somers (nl)
  • Сомерс, Гарри (ru)
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  • Harry Stewart Somers, CC (September 11, 1925 – March 9, 1999) was a contemporary Canadian composer. Possessing a charismatic attitude and rather dashing good-looks, as well as a genuine talent for his art, Somers earned the unofficial title of "Darling of Canadian Composition." A truly patriotic artist, Somers was engaged in many national projects over the course his lifetime. He was a founding member of the Canadian League of Composers (CLC) and as such, was involved in the formation of other Canadian music organizations, including the Canada Council for the Arts and the Canadian Music Centre. He frequently received commissions from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Canada Council for the Arts. (en)
  • Harry Somers, CC, (Toronto, 11 septembre 1925 - Toronto, 9 mars 1999) est un compositeur canadien. (fr)
  • Harry (Stewart) Somers (Toronto, Ontario, 11 september 1925 – aldaar, 9 maart 1999) was een Canadees componist en pianist. (nl)
  • Гарри Стюарт Сомерс (11 сентября 1925, Торонто — 9 марта 1999, Торонто) — канадский композитор, почетный доктор Оттавского, Торонтского и Йоркского университетов, основатель Канадской лиги композиторов. (ru)
  • Harry Somers (Toronto, 11 de setembre de 1925 - Toronto, 9 de març de 1999) va ser un dels compositors canadencs contemporanis més influents i innovadors del segle passat. Somers, que posseïa una actitud carismàtica i una aparença força descomunal i un talent genuí per al seu art, va obtenir el títol no oficial de "Darling of Canadian Composition". Artista veritablement patriòtic, Somers va participar durant molts anys en molts projectes nacionals al llarg de la seva vida. Va ser membre fundador de la Lliga Canadenca de Compositors (CLC) i, com a tal, va participar en la formació d'altres organitzacions musicals canadenques, incloent el "Canadian Council for the Arts" i el "Canadian Music Center". Freqüentment rebia encàrrecs de la "Canadian Broadcasting Corporation" i del "Canadian Counci (ca)
  • Harry Stewart Somers (* 11. September 1925 in Toronto; † 9. März 1999 ebenda) war ein kanadischer Komponist. Somers war zwischen 1949 und 1948 Klavierschüler von (1939–41), Reginald Godden (1942–43), Weldon Kilburn (1945–48) und E. Robert Schmitz (1948). Von 1941 bis 1949 studierte er außerdem Komposition bei John Weinzweig. Er trat in den 1940er Jahren mit Werken Barbara Pentlands und eigenen Kompositionen als Pianist auf, verwarf jedoch 1948 seine Pläne einer Laufbahn als Pianist, um sich ganz der Komposition zu widmen. (de)
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  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada (en)
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  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada (en)
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