ArtistInfo

Hugh Le Caine

1914-1977 CA
Composer of Electronic and Spoken Word

Hugh Le Caine (May 27, 1914 – July 3, 1977) was a Canadian physicist, composer, and instrument builder.Le Caine was brought up in Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay) in northwestern Ontario. At a young age, he began making musical instruments. In youth, he started imagining "beautiful sounds". He attended high school in Port Arthur at Port Arthur Collegiate Institute (P.A.C.I.). After completing his master of science degree from Queen's University in 1939, Le Caine was awarded a National Research Council of Canada (NRC) fellowship to continue his work on atomic physics measuring devices at Queen's. He worked with the NRC in Ottawa from 1940 to 1974. Le Caine came to music from science and during World War II, he assisted in the development of the first radar systems. On an NRC grant he studied n

Genres

• Electronic
• Spoken Word
• Classical
• Jazz