Article: Sir Ernest MacMillan: The Importance of Being Canadian.

A cultural epoch without biographical accounts is an epoch forgotten. The facts and legends about Hector Berlioz, Frederic Chopin, or Richard Wagner have created and spread an image of the Romantic musician and his time far beyond the ranks of music listeners. That so little is known by today's young Canadians about one of their country's musical giants, the conductor and all-round musician Sir Ernest Campbell MacMillan (1893-1973), has much to do with the dearth of biographical writing. Apart from fan literature about pop stars, a few autobiographies, and some superficial portraits, there have been only a dozen odd life-and-works accounts, among them F. R. C. Clarke's ...

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