Ruth Watson Henderson, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 24 relations: Accompaniment, Alberto Guerrero, Canadian Music Centre, CBC Radio, Choir, Composer, Elmer Iseler, Festival Singers of Canada, Hans Neumann, Harmony, Impressionism in music, Inuit, Jean Ashworth Bartle, Mannes School of Music, Mode (music), Opportunity Knocks (Canadian radio show), Orchestra, Pianist, Piano, String orchestra, The Canadian Encyclopedia, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Toronto Children's Chorus.

2. 20th-century Canadian women composers
3. Canadian women classical pianists

Accompaniment

Accompaniment is the musical part which provides the rhythmic and/or harmonic support for the melody or main themes of a song or instrumental piece.

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Alberto Guerrero

Antonio Alberto García Guerrero (February 6, 1886November 7, 1959) was a Chilean composer, pianist, and teacher. Ruth Watson Henderson and Alberto Guerrero are Academic staff of The Royal Conservatory of Music and Canadian classical pianists.

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Canadian Music Centre

The Canadian Music Centre was founded in 1959 by a group of Canadian composers who saw a need to create a repository for Canadian music.

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CBC Radio

CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Choir

A choir (also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers.

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Composer

A composer is a person who writes music.

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Elmer Iseler

Elmer Walter Iseler, (October 14, 1927 – April 3, 1998) was a Canadian choir conductor and choral editor.

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Festival Singers of Canada

The Festival Singers of Canada was a professional choir located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1954-1979.

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Hans Neumann

Hans Neumann (a.k.a. Hans Newman) (18??–1919(?)) was a founding member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain.

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Harmony

In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds together in order to create new, distinct musical ideas.

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Impressionism in music

Impressionism in music was a movement among various composers in Western classical music (mainly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries) whose music focuses on mood and atmosphere, "conveying the moods and emotions aroused by the subject rather than a detailed tone‐picture".

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Inuit

Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ; Iñupiaq: Iñuit 'the people'; Greenlandic: Inuit) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally), Alaska, and Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

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Jean Ashworth Bartle

Jean Ashworth Bartle, (born 7 March 1947 Littleborough, Lancashire, England) is a Canadian choral conductor, teacher, and Founder/Conductor Laureate of the Toronto Children's Chorus. Ruth Watson Henderson and Jean Ashworth Bartle are the Royal Conservatory of Music alumni.

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Mannes School of Music

The Mannes School of Music, originally called the David Mannes Music School and later the Mannes Music School, Mannes College of Music, the Chatham Square Music School, and Mannes College: The New School for Music, is a music conservatory in The New School, a private research university in New York City.

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Mode (music)

In music theory, the term mode or modus is used in a number of distinct senses, depending on context.

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Opportunity Knocks (Canadian radio show)

Opportunity Knocks was a talent competition show that aired on CBC Radio from 1947 until 1957.

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Orchestra

An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.

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Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano.

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Piano

The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.

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String orchestra

A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music.

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The Canadian Encyclopedia

The Canadian Encyclopedia (TCE; L'Encyclopédie canadienne) is the national encyclopedia of Canada, published online by the Toronto-based historical organization Historica Canada, with the support of the federal Department of Canadian Heritage.

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The Royal Conservatory of Music

The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM; Conservatoire royal de musique), branded as The Royal Conservatory, is a non-profit music education institution and performance venue headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Toronto Children's Chorus

The Toronto Children's Chorus (TCC) is a children's choir based in Toronto.

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See also

20th-century Canadian women composers

• Albertine Caron-Legris
• Alexina Louie
• Allison Cameron (composer)
• Analia Llugdar
• Anita Sleeman
• Ann Southam
• Anne Eggleston
• Anne Lauber
• Barbara Monk Feldman
• Barbara Pentland
• Carol Ann Weaver
• Dolores Claman
• Eleanor Daley (composer)
• Elizabeth Raum
• Emily Doolittle
• Gayle Young
• Ginette Reno
• Jean Coulthard
• Jeanne Landry
• Jessie Baetz
• Jocelyn Morlock
• Karen Young (Canadian singer)
• Kristi Allik
• Larysa Kuzmenko
• Laura Lemon
• Linda Bouchard
• Lorraine Desmarais
• Lydia Boucher
• Magali Babin
• Marcelle Deschênes
• Maya Badian
• Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux
• Nancy Telfer
• Norma Beecroft
• Patricia Blomfield Holt
• Rachel Laurin
• Rhené Jaque
• Roberta Geddes-Harvey
• Ruth Lomon
• Ruth Watson Henderson
• Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté
• Susie Frances Harrison
• Violet Archer

Canadian women classical pianists

• Albertine Caron-Legris
• Albertine Morin-Labrecque
• Angela Hewitt
• Anna Moncrieff Hovey
• Anne Eggleston
• Berenika Zakrzewski
• Catherine Vickers
• Christina Petrowska-Quilico
• Dana Reason
• Diana McIntosh
• Dorothy Morton (pianist)
• Elaine Keillor
• Ellen Ballon
• Eva Clare
• Frances Adaskin
• Germaine Malépart
• Gladys Ewart
• Gordana Lazarevich
• Greta Kraus
• Gwendolyn Koldofsky
• Ida Krehm
• Isabelle Delorme
• Jane Coop
• Jocelyne Binet
• Johana Harris
• Josephte Dufresne
• Karen Quinton
• Lorraine Vaillancourt
• Lucille Dompierre
• Margaret Ann Ireland
• Marian Grudeff
• Marylou Dawes
• Patricia Blomfield Holt
• Ruth Watson Henderson
• Victoria Cartier
• Yvonne Hubert

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Watson_Henderson

Also known as Ruth Louise Watson Henderson.