Eldon (Davis) Rathburn. Composer, pianist, organist, teacher, b Queenstown, NB, 21 Apr 1916, d Ottawa 30 Aug 2008; L MUS (McGill) 1937. After early piano studies with Eric Rollinson in Saint John, NB, where he also played with Don Messer and His Islanders, Eldon Rathburn won a Canadian Performing Rights Society scholarship for his compositions Silhouette (1936) and To a Wandering Cloud (1938). At the Toronto Conservatory of Music 1938-9 he studied composition with Healey Willan, organ with Charles Peaker, and piano with Reginald Godden. For his Symphonette (1943), he received first… read more
Eldon (Davis) Rathburn. Composer, pianist, organist, teacher, b Queenstown, NB, 21 Apr 1916, d Ottawa 30 Aug 2008; L MUS (McGill) 1937. After early piano studies with Eric Rollinson in Saint John, NB, where he also played with Don Messer and His Islanders, Eldon Rathburn won a Canadian Perfor… read more
Eldon (Davis) Rathburn. Composer, pianist, organist, teacher, b Queenstown, NB, 21 Apr 1916, d Ottawa 30 Aug 2008; L MUS (McGill) 1937. After early piano studies with Eric Rollinson in Saint John, NB, where he also played with Don Messer and His Islanders, Eldon Rathburn won a Canadian Performing Rights Society scholarship for his compositions Silhouette (1936) … read more
