Bill Richards | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Bill_Richards.jpg) Circa 1982. Photo: Barbara McDougall | |
| Born | Bill Richards 28 March 1923 |
| Died | 28 February 1995 (aged 71) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Years active | 1939–1995 |
| Spouse |
Victoria Mae Polley
(m. 1971–1995) |
| Children | 5, including Judi Richards |
Bill Richards (28 March 1923 – 28 February 1995) was a Canadian violinist, composer, arranger, and editor. His compositional output includes several film scores, a Flute Quartet (1964), and a number of fiddle tunes. He recorded two of his own fiddle compositions for Spiral Records in 1957 and another of his fiddle compositions was featured in the movie The Pyx. He also was active as a musician and concertmaster on a number of studio recordings from the 1950s through the 1990s, and can be heard on recordings by artists Moe Koffman, Catherine McKinnon, Anne Murray,[1] and Gordon Lightfoot among others. In 1962 he and a quartet featuring the organist Lou Snider recorded two LP albums for the Canadian Talent Library Trust.[2]
- ^ Report on Business Magazine. Vol. 4, Issue 9. Globe and Mail; 1988. p. 80.
- ^ Betty Nygaard King. "Bill Richards". The Canadian Encyclopedia.