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{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2013}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}{{One source|date=March 2010}}Godfrey Ridout (6 May 1918 in Toronto – 24 November 1984 in Toronto) was a Canadian composer, conductor, music educator, and writer. He contributed articles to numerous Canadian music publications, notably serving as the assistant editor of both Canadian Music (1940–1941) and Canadian Review of Music and Art (1942–1943). From 1973–1984 he was the author of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's program notes. As a conductor he served as the music director of the Eaton Operatic Society from 1949–1958. He was also highly involved with the Toronto Gilbert & Sullivan Society of which he was made an honorary vice-president.[1] As a composer, Ridout is chiefly remembered for his symphonic and choral works. The Canadian Encyclopedia describes him thus: "Essentially an eclectic, Ridout yet did not lack for individuality. His music, though intensely felt, is prevailingly sunny and affirmative; it eschews the 'doom and gloom' manner and self-conscious profundity of much 20th-century concert fare. Ridout liked fun in music and could not easily resist concluding a work with a 'good tune'. He saw no need to strive for ever-new styles, or for a progress through styles, or for the role of musical inventor; style for him was a means of communication, not the 'message' itself. In this aloofness from contemporary conformity, Ridout may be perceived to be more original than many innovators and one of the determined communicators of his day."[1] Ridout was a pupil of Ettore Mazzoleni (conducting), Weldon Kilburn (piano), and Charles Peaker (organ and counterpoint) at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. He then taught on the conservatory faculty from 1940 to 1948. He left there to join the faculty at Toronto University, where he taught until 1982. Among his notable pupils were Walter Babiak, Walter Buczynski, Hugh Davidson, Alan Detweiler, Ben McPeek, Welford Russell, Alfred Strombergs, and Charles Wilson.[1] Selected works- Notable Arrangements
Godfrey Ridout is known to millions of ears for his spirited choral arrangement of O Canada (Alfred Music, 1982) which offers mixed bilingual lyrics and places fresh melodic strength on its second verse and chorus. - Opera
- The Lost Child, Opera in 3 acts for television (1976); libretto by John Reid
- Orchestral
- Festal Overture (1939)
- Two Etudes for string orchestra (1946)
- Music for a Young Prince (1959)
- Fall Fair (1961)
- La Prima Ballerina: Overture (1967)
- La Prima Ballerina: Suite No.1 (1967)
- La Prima Ballerina: Suite No.2 (1967)
- Frivolités Canadiennes (1973)
- Jubilee (1973)
- George III His Lament, Variations on a Well-known Tune (1975)
- Kids' Stuff (1978)
- No Mean City: Scenes from Childhood (1983)
- Band
- Partita accademica (1969)
- Tafelmusik (1976)
- Concertante
- Ballade for viola and string orchestra (1938)
- Concerto Grosso for violin, piano and string orchestra (1974)
- Ballade II for viola and string orchestra (1980)
- Concerto Grosso No.2 for solo brass quintet and orchestra (1980)
- Chamber Music
- Movement for string quartet, Op.4 (1949)
- Introduction and Allegro for violin, cello, and wind quintet (1968)
- A Birthday Fantasy for flute, clarinet and bassoon (1982)
- Fanfare for brass and percussion (1984)
- Organ
- Three Preludes on Scottish Tunes (1959)
- Prelude for Organ for Four Sonnets (1968)
- March (1969)
- Two Hymn Tune Improvisations (1977)
- Piano
- Junior Boogie (1957)
- Prelude in F (1958)
- Presto from Ontario Variations, 4 Variations on a theme by Jack Behrens (1979)
- Vocal
- Cantiones Mysticae for voice and piano or orchestra (1953); words by John Donne
- The Ascension, Cantiones Mysticae No.2 for soprano, trumpet and string orchestra (1962)
- In Memoriam Anne Frank for soprano or tenor and orchestra (1965); words by Bruce Attridge
- Folk Songs of Eastern Canada for voice and piano or chamber orchestra (1967)
- The Seasons, Song Cycle for tenor and piano quintet (1980); words from Poetical Sketches by William Blake
- Exile, Melodrama for female narrator and 9 instruments (1984); text from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie
- Two Songs for soprano and oboe; words by T. S. Eliot
- Choral
- Come Rejoicing for mixed chorus and organ (1952)
- Esther, Choral Ballad in 5 parts for baritone, soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra (1952)
- Ave Maria for women's chorus (1954)
- We'll Rant and We'll Roar: The Ryans and the Pittmans for mixed chorus (1958); words by W. H. Le Messurier
- The Shepherd's Watch, Christmas Chorus for soprano and mixed chorus (1959)
- The Dance for mixed chorus and orchestra (1960); text from Carmina Burana
- J'entends le moulin for mixed chorus and piano (1960)
- Pange lingua for mixed chorus and orchestra (1960); Latin words by St. Thomas Aquinas
- Sainte Marguerite for mixed chorus and piano (1960)
- Two Christmas Carols for soprano and women's chorus (1960)
- Four Sonnets for mixed chorus and orchestra (1964); words by J. E. Ward
- A General Invitation to Praise God for mixed chorus and organ (1964); words by George Wither
- When Age and Youth Unite for mixed chorus and orchestra (1966); words by Claude Bissell
- The Christmas Story for narrator, chorus and orchestra (1967)
- J'ai cueilli' la belle rose for unison children's chorus and piano (or orchestra) (1967)
- I'll Give My Love an Apple for unison children's chorus and piano (or orchestra) (1967)
- She's Like the Swallow for unison children's chorus and piano (or orchestra) (1967)
- The Domage of the Wise, 3 Partsongs for mixed chorus (1968)
- The Dream of the Rood, Cantiones Mysticae No.3 for baritone or tenor, mixed chorus, orchestra and organ (1972)
- Spirit Is Flesh This Night for mixed chorus (1976); words by John Reid
- The Faithless Nelly Gray, Pathetic Ballad for soprano, children's chorus and piano (1979); words by Thomas Hood
- Holy Is the True Light for mixed chorus and organ (1980); words by Jeremias Gotthelf and Sarum Diurnal
- Whence Is This Fragrance?, Old French Tune for women's chorus
References1. ^1 2 Godfrey Ridout at thecanadianencyclopedia.com
External links- Godfrey Ridout at the Canadian Music Centre
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