The Royal Canadian College of Organists elected him its president(1972–1974); from 1969 to 1980 he was secretary-general of the International Folk Music Council. Upon his retirement, Queen's University named him professor emeritus, and named both its music library (1983) and an annual scholarship (to a meritorious composition student) in his honour. He died in Kingston, Ontario in 1993 at the age of 81, after the onset of Alzheimer's disease. His wife of many years, soprano Tjot George, predeceased him by two years. References 1912 births 1993 deaths Canadian male composers Male conductors (music) Canadian classical organists Male classical organists Canadian choral conductors Canadian music educators Queen's University at Kingston faculty University of Toronto alumni Yale University alumni Musicians from Norwich 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century Canadian composers 20th-century organists 20th-century Canadian male musicians English emigrants to Canada