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Apr 12, 1919 Budapest, Hungary Died on 24 Feb 2012 (aged 92)
Canadian composer
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About István Anhalt
- István Anhalt, (April 12, 1919 – February 24, 2012) was a Hungarian-Canadian composer. Anhalt served as a professor of music at McGill University and founded the McGill University Electronic Music Studio.
- He also served as head of music at Queen's University, Kingston.
- His works earned him the reputation of one of the founding fathers of electroacoustic music in Canada.
- Among his pupils are Kevin Austin, John Fodi, Clifford Ford, Hugh Hartwell, John Hawkins, Alan Heard, Richard Hunt, Donald Patriquin, and Alex Tilley. In 2003, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
- In 2007, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
- Selections from his correspondence with American composer George Rochberg were published in 2007.
