"Supplementing the volume is an audio CD of extracts from Weinzweig compositions, ranging from a 1937 student work to a song cycle of 1994"--Cover, p. [4].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-390), discography (p. 373-388) and index.

A self-made composer / John Beckwith and Brian Cherney -- Toronto : the social and artistic content / Robin Elliot -- The activist / Brian Cherney -- The teacher / John Rea -- Music for radio and film / Elaine Keillor -- The first Canadian serialist / Catherine Nolan -- "Naked and unashamed": the instrumental practice / Clark Ross -- Works with texts ; Jazz swing and jazz blues / John Beckwith -- The story of my life : the divertimento series / James K. Wright -- In his own words / Alan Gillmor -- Critical and scholarly views / J. Drew Stephen -- Ear-dreaming : a study in listeners / Eleanor V. Stubley -- How to play Weinzweig / Robert Aitken -- Weinzweig as I knew him / John Beckwith.

On accompanying CD: The whirling dwarf (1937) (3:15) -- Of time and the world (1947) (5:51) -- Violin concerto (1951-4), first movement (10:51) -- String quartet no. 3 (1962), first movement (5:38) ; second movement (6:47) -- Trialogue (1971), first six sections (5:35) -- Eighteen pieces for guitar (1980), four excerpts (3, 8, 18, and 10) (5:22) -- Divertimento no. 8 (1980) (14:10) -- Prisoner of conscience (1985) (4:04) -- Duologue (1990), last section (4:25) -- Journey out of night (1994), three excerpts (6, 7, and 14) (9:41).