Colin McPhee

Also known as Colin Carhart McPhee

Canadian composer and musicologist

Person · Open Library

Works: 8

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Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10
Music in Bali A Study in Form and Instrumental Organization in Balinese Orchestral Music
Core Analysis
Core Analysis : a Best Practice Guide
Baliness Wajang Koelit and Its Music

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Canada
Active from: 1900-03-15
Active to: 1964-01-07

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Listeners: 2,376
Total plays: 12,763

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Colin McPhee (March 15, 1900, in Montreal – January 7, 1964, in Los Angeles) was a Canadian composer and musicologist. He is primarily known for being the first Western composer to make an ethnomusicological study of Bali, and for the quality of that work. He also composed music influenced by that of Bali and Java decades before such world music–based compositions became widespread. Chronology McPhee studied with the avant-garde composer Edgard Varèse before marrying Jane Belo, a disciple of Ma

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Instance of: human
Given name: Colin
Gender: male
Citizenship: Canada
Place of birth: Montreal
Place of death: Los Angeles
Occupation: music critic
Educated at: Peabody Institute
Employer: University of California, Los Angeles
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Guggenheim Fellowship
Student of: Edgard Varèse
Field of work: music
Instrument: piano
Image: Colin McPhee.jpg

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date of birth: 1900-01-01
date of death: 1964-01-01
Commons category: Colin McPhee
place of burial: Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

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