found: Weinzweig, J. Contrasts, 198-?, c1976:caption (Eli Kassner)
found: Wikipedia, January 25, 2016(Eli Kassner; born May 27, 1924, Vienna, Austria; Canadian guitar teacher, musician, guitarist, composer)
found: The globe and mail, 28 August 2018, online, viewed 18 October 2018(Eli Kassner died August 23, 2018, in Toronto after a brief illness, age 94; born in Vienna, Austria; moved to Israel in 1939 and to Canada in 1951; taught classical guitar at the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music; accomplished performance artist; founded the Toronto Guitar Society in 1959 and helped establish the Toronto Guitar Festival in 1975; awarded the Order of Canada in 2016)
found: Canada. Governor General. Honours Recipients database, 18 October 2018(Eli Kassner, C.M.; Toronto, Ontario; Member of the Order of Canada, awarded on May 11, 2016; For advancing classical guitar in Canada as a musician, pedagogue, mentor and co-founder of the Guitar Society of Toronto. Musician and teacher Eli Kassner is known as the dean of classical guitarists in Canada. One of the founders of the Guitar Society of Toronto, he fostered the study of the instrument, as well as an appreciation for its versatility. Notably, he established the first guitar programs at the University of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory of Music. His teaching methods have been adopted across the country and throughout the world, and he is credited with mentoring and shaping the careers of many of Canada's most prominent players; deceased)
found: Amicus database, 18 October 2018(authorized access point (1025E7719): Kassner, Eli [born Vienna 27 May 1924, moved to Canada in 1951, naturalized Canadian 1956])