Bill Richards
Music editor, Deceased Person
1923 – 1995
Who was Bill Richards?
Bill Richards was a Canadian violinist, composer, arranger, and editor. His compositional output includes several film scores, a Flute Quartet, 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 like Moe Koffman, Catherine McKinnon, Anne Murray, 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.
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- Born
- Mar 28, 1923
Ottawa - Also known as
- Francis Caven Richards
- Spouses
- Billie Mae Richards
(1940 - )
- Billie Mae Richards
- Children
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 28, 1995
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on July 23, 2013
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