Boosey & Hawkes' Canadian publications include, among much other material, choral and vocal music by Keith Bissell, Bernard Naylor, and Morris Surdin, piano music by Violet Archer and Oskar Morawetz, band and orchestral works by James Gayfer, Kelsey Jones, Talivaldis Kenins, John Weinzweig, and Healey Willan, and educational works by Cora Ahrens and Boris Berlin. The Canadian branch (in 1983 one of 13 in 10 countries) is made up of three sections - sheet music, music rentals, and instruments. He was succeeded by George Ullmann - B MUS (Toronto) 1967, MA (Toronto) 1969 - who was president 1979-80 of MIAC and 1987-9 of CAPAC, and was named vice-president of SOCAN in 1990. On Croombs' death in 1976 a scholarship was established in his name at the University of Toronto. Jarman and 1947-76 by Will (William J.I.) Croombs, who joined Boosey & Hawkes in his native England at 14, was also a board member of various Canadian organizations including CAPAC, and took a special interest in elementary music education. Boosey & Hawkes (Canada) Ltd was managed 1939-47 by Harry E. (Hawkes & Son and Frederick Harris, though not affiliated in England, had operated together 1912-23 in Toronto.) The offices moved to Willowdale, a suburb of Toronto, in 1970. After the merger in 1930 in London of (Thomas) Boosey & Co (founded 1816) and (William) Hawkes & Son (founded 1865), the Canadian branch was opened in Toronto in 1935 and has remained a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent company. Canadian branch of The Boosey & Hawkes Group, a British publishing firm.
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