About Violet Archer
Violet Louise Archer (born: Violet Balestreri) Violet Archer (1913–2000) was a Canadian composer, pianist, organist, percussionist and music educator. Her family changed "Balestreri" name to Archer in 1940. Violet studied at McGill University, receiving a Licentiate in Music diploma in 1934 and BMus degree in 1936, and also acquired an associate diploma from the Royal Canadian College of Organists in 1938. Archer visited New York in the summer of 1942, where she studied composition with Béla Bartók.
Top Tracks
Piano Concerto No. 1: II. Adagio molto
Piano Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro energico
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Allegro ma non troppo, scherzoso
10 Folksongs, Book I: Book II: X. The Frog and the Mouse
10 Folksongs, Book I: Book I: II. Singing Bells (Digue Dondaine)
Episodes
String Quartet No. 3: III. Allegro molto
Piano Trio No. 2: I. Allegro
The Bell: III. Allegro moderato
Piano Trio No. 2: III. Allegro con brio, energico
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