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Birth Name:

James Gayfer

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Mar 26, 1916

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Age:

108

Zodiac Sign:

Aries

Astrology Data:

Sun

5°

Ari

42'

About James Gayfer

James McDonald Gayfer (26 March 1916 – 7 April 1997) was a Canadian bandmaster, clarinetist, composer, conductor, organist, military officer, and music educator. His compositional output encompasses several orchestral works, including two symphonies, numerous works for band and solo piano, a modest amount of chamber music, and several songs, hymns, and choral works. In 1944 his string quartet won the CPRS award and in 1947 his Six Translations from the Chinese for tenor and small orchestra won the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada competition. In 1953, he was appointed to the post of Director of Music of the Band of the Canadian Guards, serving until 1961. From then on, he served as a musical training officers of the Canadian Forces School of Music. In 1960 he wrote The Canadian Infantryman, the official march past of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. Although Gayfer's works remain unpublished, some of them have been recorded by a number of artists, including Howard Cable, David Mills, and the Edmonton Wind Ensemble. The Band of the Royal 22e Régiment continues to perform his works with some frequency. In 1983 he was awarded the Service Medal of the Order of St John.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for James Gayfer: Sun 5 Aries, Moon 6 Capricorn, Mercury 18 Pisces, Venus 19 Taurus, Mars 10 Leo, Jupiter 10 Aries, Saturn 9 Cancer, Uranus 18 Aquarius, Neptune 29 Cancer, Pluto 1 Cancer, Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Sun Trine Mars, Sun Square Pluto, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Square Saturn, Sun Semi Square Uranus, Mercury Sextile Venus, Mercury Semi Sextile Uranus, Venus Square Uranus, Venus Semi Square Pluto, Mars Trine Jupiter, Mars Semi Sextile Saturn, Jupiter Square Saturn, Uranus Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Neptune Semi Sextile Pluto

Categories related to James Gayfer: 1997 deaths, March 26 births, University of Toronto alumni, Musicians from Toronto, Canadian organists, Male organists, Canadian male composers, Use Canadian English from August 2013, Dalhousie University faculty, Alumni of the Royal College of Music, Male conductors (music), 20th-century Canadian male musicians, Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music, 20th-century organists, 20th-century Canadian composers, Canadian music educators, 1916 births, 20th-century Canadian conductors (music), Canadian Army officers, Canadian clarinetists, Alumni of the Royal Military School of Music, Canadian military musicians