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    Harry Macdonough

    Harry (John Scantlebury) Macdonough (b MacDonald). Ballad tenor, b Hamilton, Ont, 30 May 1871, d New York 26 Sep 1931. He was one of the two most popular ballad tenors of his day, the other being his compatriot Henry Burr. He began his career as a church soloist.

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    Harry Mossfield

    Harry Mossfield. Baritone, b Sydney, Australia, 7 Jul 1919. He was known as a singer in Australia when he emigrated in 1952 to Vancouver.

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    Harry Puddicombe

    Harry (b Henry) Puddicombe. Teacher, b London, Ont, 14 Jun 1870?, d Ottawa 7 Jun 1953. Son of a cabinet maker, he sought a career in music instead of learning his father's trade. At 21 he went to Leipzig to study with Martin Krause in the hope of becoming a concert pianist.

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    Harry Rasky

    Harry Rasky went on to co-create CBC-TV's documentary/news department and later moved to New York City. From 1957 throughout the 1960s he produced freelance documentaries and current affairs programs for every major US network; then in 1967 he formed Harry Rasky Productions.

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    Harry Somers

    Harry Stewart Somers, CC, composer, pianist (born 11 September 1925 in Toronto, ON; died 9 March 1999 in Toronto, ON).

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    Harry Thomas

    Harry (Reginald Thomas Broughton) Thomas. Pianist, composer, b Bristol, 24 Mar 1890, d Montreal 11 Jul 1941. A self-taught musician with a talent for improvisation, Thomas moved to Montreal in 1909 and played for silent films at local theatres, including the Regent, until ca 1920.

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    Harry Upperton Knight

    Harry Upperton Knight, photographer (b at Tillington, Eng 6 July 1873; d at Victoria 28 Dec 1973). After operating a PHOTOGRAPHY studio in Cranleigh, Eng, Knight immigrated to Canada in 1910. He sold real estate in Vancouver, and in 1917 he established a studio in Victoria.

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    Harvey Olnick

    Harvey (Joel) Olnick. Musicologist, teacher, b New York 18 Dec 1917, d Toronto 30 Oct 2003; B SC (City, New York) 1940, MA (Columbia) 1948. He began to study piano at The Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School) at six.

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    Harvey Perrin

    Perrin, Harvey (Dale). Educator, conductor, violinist, violist, arranger, b Batesville, Ind, 20 Jul 1905, naturalized Canadian 1926, d Toronto 2 Jan 1999; BA (Toronto) 1933, B PAED (Toronto) 1937.

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    Harvey Robb

    Harvey (Alexander) Robb. Pianist, organist, teacher, b Chesley, Ont, 18 Apr 1888, d London, Ont, 30 May 1957, DDS (Toronto) ca 1910. Robb practised dentistry briefly before devoting himself to music. He studied piano with W.O.

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    Christos Hatzis

    Hatzis began doctoral studies in composition at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1977. Lejaren Hiller was his supervisor; he also studied with Morton Feldman and Wlodimierz Kotonski. The Law of One was his doctoral thesis composition.

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    Haviah Mighty

    Haviah Mighty, rapper, musician, songwriter, producer (born 18 December 1992 in Toronto, ON). Haviah Mighty is one of Canada’s best young rappers. She is known for the intensity of her performances, her politically charged lyrics and for addressing issues of systemic injustice. Her first studio album 13th Floor (2019) won the Polaris Music Prize, making Mighty the first Black woman and first rapper to win the prize. She also became the first woman to win the Juno Award for Rap Album of the Year when her mixtape Stock Exchange (2021) won in 2022.

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    Hawksley Workman

    Workman's music has been described as "glam-rock" and "cabaret-pop." His tracks feature soaring melodies and poignant lyrics, and can range from upbeat pop productions to tender folk- and country-influenced ballads.

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    Elizabeth Hay

    Elizabeth Hay's first collection of SHORT FICTION, Crossing the Snow Line, was published in 1989. A second collection, Small Change (1997), received high praise and was short-listed for many major awards, including the GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD for Fiction.

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    Hayden Christensen

    Hayden Christensen, actor, producer (born 19 April 1981 in Vancouver, BC). Hayden Christensen is best known for playing Anakin Skywalker — young Darth Vader — in several Star Wars movies and TV series. He won the breakthrough male performance of the year award from the National Board of Review in 2001 and was named Male Star of Tomorrow at the ShoWest Convention in 2005.

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