Erich Paul Schwandt (born July 26, 1935 in

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– 2 August 2017 in

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and music educator. Schwandt studied harpsichord with Putnam Aldrich and gave harpsichord and organ concerts on CBC, throughout Canada and the USA. He taught music history and musicology at the Stanford University 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 '' Musical Quarterly'', ''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