Jan's Quodlibet
A Year in Music
Will be published approx. on 4. May 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
260 pages
978-1-55380-745-2 (ISBN)
Description
Musical stories and listening recommendations for every day of the year, told with Ian Hampton's characteristic wit, wisdom and passion, drawn from his life as a professional cellist. Told in the voice of Jan (the third-person narrator of Jan in 35 Pieces), Ian Hampton delights, entertains and enlightens us with his tales of little-known composers and instruments, characters in music history and insider stories of the life of a working musician. Ian's writing is enlivened by his playful drawings, recipes, poems/doggerel and advice for young musicians. Who knew that Arnold Schoenberg and George Gershwin were friends and tennis partners? That Winnaretta Singer, heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune, was a musician who had a relationship with Virginia Woolf? Hampton not only shares his own story but celebrates Canadian musicians such as gay Qué bé cois composer Claude Vivier who was murdered in Paris in 1983, Haida composer Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson and Chinese-Canadian composer Alexina Louie. An entertaining and accessible musical tour through a year written by a music lover for music lovers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-55380-745-2 (9781553807452)
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Barbara Nickel is an award-winning poet and children's author whose poetry has appeared in anthologies and magazines, including The Walrus, Best Canadian Poetry (2021 and 2024) and Poetry Ireland Review. She worked with Ian Hampton for over a decade on Jan in 35 Pieces. She lives and writes in Yarrow, British Columbia, on the Stó lo territory of the Pilalt and Ts' elxwé yeqw. barbaranickel.ca Ian Hampton's first book, Jan in 35 Pieces (The Porcupine's Quill, 2018), was a critical success and a finalist for the RBC Taylor Prize and the B.C. and Yukon Book Non-Fiction Prize. He was a founding member of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and member of the London Symphony. Since moving to Vancouver in 1966, he has been principal cellist of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Vancouver Opera Orchestra; CBC Vancouver Orchestra and founder and cellist of the Purcell String Quartet. In recognition of his contribution to Canadian new music he was named a Canadian Music Centre ambassador.