Genius, Music and Murder - March 7 2022

March 7th: Claude Vivier Killed (1983) Sometimes genius is snuffed out before reaching its true potential. On March 7th 1983 a young, brilliant man was killed in a crime that, for the most part, became lost in a sea of tragic stories. And, with the end of his life, came the end of a musical career that, even in its short time, inspired the lives of many. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/22/classicalmusicandopera, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Vivier, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/29/arts/music/review-claude-vivier-canada.html, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/it-was-only-a-matter-of-time/article4127487/, https://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/composer/composer_main?composerid=18226&ttype=BIOGRAPHY, https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/the-sunday-edition-february-11-2018-1.4528197/the-tragic-real-life-story-of-quebec-composer-claude-vivier-is-mirrored-in-his-music-1.4528205, https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/newsroom/feature-stories/27377-unvanishing-the-musical-life-of-claude-vivier, https://online.ucpress.edu/jams/article-abstract/69/3/848/91987/Review-Claude-Vivier-A-Composer-s-Life-by-Bob?redirectedFrom=fulltext Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices