Erich Paul Schwandt (born July 26, 1935 in

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– 2 August 2017 in

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) was a Canadian

cembalist Musicians who play the harpsichord are known as harpsichordists. This list includes post 19th-century harpsichordists. Notable earlier harpsichordists mostly appear on the list of Baroque composers. A * Abraham Abreu * Isolde Ahlgrimm * Rinal ...

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and music educator. Schwandt studied

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with Putnam Aldrich and gave harpsichord and organ concerts on CBC, throughout Canada and the USA. He taught music history and musicology at the

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and the

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. His particular academic interest was the relationship between music and dance in the 17th and 18th centuries, and he published articles in publications such as ''

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'', ''Notes'', ''Fontes Artis Musicae'', ''Canadian University Music Review'' and ''The New Grove''. He created more than a dozen music editions and reconstructed the ''Gloria'' from Erik Satie's '' Messe des pauvres'' for a performance at the

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in 1997.

References

External links

University of Victoria - Erich Schwandt

Obituary for Erich P. Schwandt

Rodney Sharman: In Memoriam Erich Schwandt
on Canadian Music Center
Remembering Erich Schwandt

University of Victoria - Day in the life: Dr. Erich Schwandt

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schwandt, Erich 1935 births 2017 deaths Canadian classical organists Male classical organists Canadian musicologists Canadian music educators University of Victoria faculty 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century Canadian male musicians